THE GENERALIZED ADEQUACY COEFFICIENT AND ITS APPLICATION IN STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING

The adequacy coefficient is a very useful technique that provides a more complete formulation than the Hamming distance in decision making problems. In this paper, we suggest a generalization by using generalized and quasi-arithmetic means. As a result, we will get the generalized ordered weighted a...

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Published inFuzzy Economic Review Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 17 - 36
Main Authors Merigó, José M, Gil Lafuente, A.M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reus International Association for Fuzzy-set Management and Economy (SIGEF) 2008
International Association for Fuzzy Set Management and Economy (SIGEF)
SeriesFuzzy Economic Review
Subjects
adequacy coefficient
Aggregate planning
Decision making
Economic planning
Fuzzy sets
OWA operator
Problem solving
selection of strategies
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Summary:The adequacy coefficient is a very useful technique that provides a more complete formulation than the Hamming distance in decision making problems. In this paper, we suggest a generalization by using generalized and quasi-arithmetic means. As a result, we will get the generalized ordered weighted averaging adequacy coefficient (GOWAAC) and the Quasi-OWAAC operator. These new aggregation operators generalize a wide range of particular cases such as the generalized adequacy coefficient (GAC), the weighted generalized adequacy coefficient (WGAC), the ordered weighted averaging adequacy coefficient (OWAAC), the ordered weighted quadratic averaging adequacy coefficient (OWQAAC), and others. We study different families and properties of these aggregation operators. We also analyze the unification point with distance measures and we find that in these situations, the GOWAAC and the Quasi-OWAAC become the Minkowski ordered weighted averaging distance (MOWAD) operator and the Quasi-OWAD operator, respectively. Finally, we also develop an application of the new approach in a strategic decision making problem about selection of strategies.
ISSN:1136-0593
2445-4192
DOI:10.25102/fer.2008.02.02