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New Framework for Quality Function Deployment Using Linguistic Z-Numbers [PDF]
Mathematics, 2020 Quality function deployment (QFD) is a useful design quality control tool in service enterprises and manufacturing enterprises. However, there are several issues in extant QFD frameworks, that is, in three aspects: description of evaluation information, weight determination of expert team members (TMs), and weight identification of customer ...
Song, Chao, Wang, Jian-Qiang, Li, Jun-Bo
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Linguistic Z-number Muirhead mean operators and their applications in ethical-financial portfolio selection [PDF]
Scientia Iranica, 2020 Traditionally the performance of firms is evaluated by financial criteria, but this study presents a new qualitative comprehensive framework that incorporates the ethical criteria into the portfolio models and it is widely matched with the preferences of socially responsible investors.
Amir Hosein Mahmoodi +4 more
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Maclaurin symmetric Means for Linguistic Z-numbers and Their Application to Multiple-Attribute Decision Making [PDF]
Scientia Iranica, 2020 Linguistic Z-numbers (LZNs), as a more rational extension of linguistic description, not only consider the fuzzy restriction of assessment information but also take the reliability of the information into account. Maclaurin symmetric mean (MSM) operator has the advantage which can take account of interrelationship of different attributes and there are ...
Peide Liu, weiqiao Liu
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International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, 2022 This article extends the ordered weighted average operator (OWA) in the linguistic Z-number (LZN) environment, increasing attention to the distribution of data itself, and this idea can also be combined with other operators. Specifically, for the weight of data, this paper gives consideration to both the preference of attributes and the distribution of
Bo Chen 0040 +3 more
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THE INFLUENCE OF LINGUISTIC INTERFERENCE ON THE STUDY OF A SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2020 The subject of this paper is the linguistic phenomenon of interference that occurs while studying a second foreign language with reference to the existing knowledge of the first foreign language.
Mariia A. Bilokopytova +1 more
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A Novel Linguistic Z-Number QUALIFLEX Method and Its Application to Large Group Emergency Decision Making [PDF]
Scientific Programming, 2020 After an unconventional emergency event occurs, a reasonable and effective emergency decision should be made within a short time period. In the emergency decision making process, decision makers’ opinions are often uncertain and imprecise, and determining the optimal solution to respond to an emergency event is a complex group decision making problem ...
Xue-Feng Ding 0003 +4 more
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Multi Attribute Decision Making Using Optimistic/Pessimistic Z-Numbers
IEEE Access, 2018 This paper presents a novel approach for multi attribute decision making (MADM). It proposes the concept of optimistic/pessimistic Z-number, which is defined as a tuple (Zx, δ) where Zx is a Z-number, and δ ∈ {+, -} determines if the
Mubarak Alrashoud
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The Success of Cancer Crowdfunding Campaigns: Project and Text Analysis
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 BackgroundRecent studies have analyzed the factors that contribute to variations in the success of crowdfunding campaigns for a specific cancer type; however, little is known about the influential factors among crowdfunding ...
Xupin Zhang +4 more
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Groups of objects state assessment based on linguistic Z-numbers
Forestry Bulletin, 2022 The paper developed a model for assessing the states of groups of objects in terms of Z-information based on linguistic Z-numbers, which are ordered pairs of ordinary fuzzy numbers. Each of a pair of numbers is the value of a linguistic variable. The first fuzzy number is an estimate of the state the second is the reliability of this estimate.
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Z-Distance Based IF-THEN Rules
The Scientific World Journal, 2016 Decision making, reasoning, and analysis in real-world problems are complicated by imperfect information. Real-world imperfect information is mainly characterized by two features. In view of this, Professor Zadeh suggested the concept of a Z-number as an
R. A. Aliev +2 more
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