A dynamic generalized fuzzy multi-criteria croup decision making approach for green supplier segmentation

PLoS One. 2021 Jan 25;16(1):e0245187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245187. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Supplier selection and segmentation are crucial tasks of companies in order to reduce costs and increase the competitiveness of their goods. To handle uncertainty and dynamicity in the supplier segmentation problem, this research thus proposes a new dynamic generalized fuzzy multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) approach from the aspects of capability and willingness and with respect to environmental issues. The proposed approach defines the aggregated ratings of alternatives, the aggregated weights of criteria, and the weighted ratings by using generalized fuzzy numbers with the effect of time weight. Next, we determine the ranking order of alternatives via a popular centroid-index ranking approach. Finally, two case studies demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed dynamic approach. The applications show that the proposed appoach is effective in solving the MCGDM in vague environment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making*
  • Fuzzy Logic*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Uncertainty

Grants and funding

This research is funded by “VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi” and “Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) and the Asia Research Center, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ARC-VNU)” under project number CA.18.2A. This research was completed during and after the stay of the seventh author at the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM).