The application of Z-numbers in fuzzy decision making: the state of the art

NMFHNB Alam, KMN Ku Khalif, NI Jaini, A Gegov - Information, 2023 - mdpi.com
A Z-number is very powerful in describing imperfect information, in which fuzzy numbers are
paired such that the partially reliable information is properly processed. During a decision …

Multi-layer decision methodology for ranking Z-numbers

ASA Bakar, A Gegov - International Journal of Computational …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The new concept of a Z–number has been recently introduced in decision making analysis.
This concept is capable of effectively dealing with uncertainty in information about a …

Ranking of Z‐numbers based on value and ambiguity at levels of decision making

R Chutia - International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of Z‐number, is very new in the literature, proposed by Zadeh in 2011. The Z‐
number Z=(A, B) is a pair of fuzzy numbers where the first component represents the …

Ranking of Z-numbers and its application in decision making

RA Aliev, OH Huseynov… - International Journal of …, 2016 - World Scientific
Real-world decision problems in decision analysis, system analysis, economics, ecology,
and other fields are characterized by fuzziness and partial reliability of relevant information …

Ranking Z-numbers with an improved ranking method for generalized fuzzy numbers

W Jiang, C Xie, Y Luo, Y Tang - Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Z-number, a new concept describes both the restriction and the reliability of evaluation, is
more applicable than fuzzy numbers in the fields of decision making, risk assessment etc …

A Z-number-based decision making procedure with ranking fuzzy numbers method

D Mohamad, SA Shaharani, NH Kamis - AIP conference proceedings, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The theory of fuzzy set has been in the limelight of various applications in decision making
problems due to its usefulness in portraying human perception and subjectivity. Generally …

Ranking of Z-numbers based on the developed golden rule representative value

R Cheng, J Zhang, B Kang - IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-world decision-making is based on human cognitive information, which is
characterized by fuzziness and partial reliability. In order to better describe such information …

A survey on Z-number-based decision analysis methods and applications: What's going on and how to go further?

H Liao, F Liu, Y Xiao, Z Wu, EK Zavadskas - Information Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Z-numbers are efficient tools to represent uncertain information through restriction and
reliability measurement. Z-numbers and their variants have been integrated with diverse …

New multi-layer method for Z-number ranking using hyperbolic tangent function and convex combination

S Ezadi, T Allahviranloo - Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Many practical applications, under the definitive evolutionary state of the nature, the
consequences of the decisions, mental states of a decision maker are required. Thus, the …

[HTML][HTML] Application of operational approaches to solving decision making problem using Z-numbers

LA Gardashova - Applied Mathematics, 2014 - scirp.org
The combination of fuzzy logic tools and multi-criteria decision making has a great relevance
in literature. Compared with the classical fuzzy number, Z-number has more ability to …