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The construction of belief intervals is crucial for decision-making in multi-attribute group information integration. Based on multi-adjoint and evidence theory, an approach to multi-criteria group decision-making(MCGDM) in intuitionistic fuzzy information system is proposed. First, the upper and lower approximations of alternatives are calculated by multi-adjoint operators under the correlation matrices which were given by different experts. After that the belief and plausibility functions are gained by intuitionistic fuzzy probability formulas. Second, the belief intervals of alternatives are acquired by combining all experts’ evidence. Then the alternatives are ranked by comparing the belief intervals. Finally, the effectiveness of the method is verified by an application of business transaction. Compared with the existing model, the method introduced in this paper is more effective and accurate.
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Liang, M., Mi, J., Feng, T. et al. Multi-adjoint based group decision-making under an intuitionistic fuzzy information system. Int J Comput Intell Syst 12, 172–182 (2018). https://doi.org/10.2991/ijcis.12.1.172
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