×

On aggregation functions based on linguistically quantified propositions and finitely additive set functions. (English) Zbl 1392.68399

Summary: We study aggregation functions defined as convex combinations of the linguistically quantified propositions “at least \(k\) criteria are satisfied”. Our approach is similar to the TOWA function in spirit, but instead of using a maxitive measure, we propose to rely on a real-valued finitely additive set function. This assumption leads to a new framework. However, it is combinatorial by nature and, in general, it produces functions with high computational costs. Therefore, we analyze some particular settings and introduce new aggregation functions which can alleviate the combinatorial burden thanks to several combinatorial identities. These methods have interesting features and in particular, some of them make it possible to set different types of relationships between criteria by allowing the use of different t-norms. The interest of our proposals is illustrated with a famous example which cannot be modeled by classical aggregation functions such as the Choquet integral.

MSC:

68T37 Reasoning under uncertainty in the context of artificial intelligence
91B06 Decision theory

References:

[1] Beliakov, G.; Pradera, A.; Calvo, T., Aggregation functions: A guide for practitioners, Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol. 221, (2007), Springer-Verlag · Zbl 1123.68124
[2] Grabisch, M.; Marichal, J.-L.; Mesiar, R.; Pap, E., Aggregation functions, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, (2009), Cambridge University Press New York, NY, USA · Zbl 1196.00002
[3] Bellman, R. E.; Zadeh, L. A., Decision-making in a fuzzy environment, Manag. Sci., 17, 141-164, (1970) · Zbl 0224.90032
[4] Yager, R. R., Quantifiers in the formulation of multiple objective decision functions, Inf. Sci., 31, 2, 107-139, (1983) · Zbl 0551.90084
[5] Yager, R. R., General multiple-objective decision functions and linguistically quantified statements, Int. J. Man-Mach. Stud., 21, 5, 389-400, (1984) · Zbl 0563.94032
[6] Yager, R. R., Extending multicriteria decision making by mixing t-norms and OWA operators, Int. J. Intell. Syst., 20, 4, 453-474, (2005) · Zbl 1159.68579
[7] Menger, K., Statistical metrics, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 28, 12, 535, (1942) · Zbl 0063.03886
[8] Schweizer, B.; Sklar, A., Probabilistic metric spaces, (1983), North-Holland · Zbl 0546.60010
[9] Klement, E.; Mesiar, R.; Pap, E., Triangular norms, (2000), Kluwer Academic Pub. · Zbl 0972.03002
[10] Yager, R. R., On ordered weighted averaging aggregation operators in multicriteria decision making, IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 18, 1, 183-190, (1988) · Zbl 0637.90057
[11] Fodor, J.; Yager, R. R., Fuzzy set-theoretic operators and quantifiers, (Dubois, D.; Prade, H., Fundamentals of Fuzzy Sets, The Handbooks of Fuzzy Sets Series, vol. 7, (2000), Springer US), 125-193 · Zbl 0973.03072
[12] Dubois, D.; Prade, H., Fuzzy sets and probability: misunderstandings, bridges and gaps, (Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, (1993), IEEE), 1059-1068
[13] Dubois, D.; Prade, H., Possibility theory: an approach to computerized processing of uncertainty, (1988), Plenum Press · Zbl 0703.68004
[14] Perovic, A.; Ognjanovic, Z.; Raskovic, M.; Radojevic, D. G., Finitely additive probability measures on classical propositional formulas definable by Gödel’s t-norm and product t-norm, Fuzzy Sets Syst., 169, 1, 65-90, (2011) · Zbl 1233.03032
[15] Jordan, C., Sur la probabilité des épreuves répétées, le théorème de Bernoulli et son inversion, Bull. Soc. Math. Fr., 54, 101-137, (1926) · JFM 52.0515.04
[16] Jordan, C., Problèmes de la probabilité des épreuves répétées dans le cas général, Bull. Soc. Math. Fr., 67, 223-242, (1939) · JFM 65.1340.03
[17] Takács, L., On the method of inclusion and exclusion, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 62, 317, 102-113, (1967) · Zbl 0158.16405
[18] Gould, H. W., The girard-Waring power sum formulas for symmetric functions, and Fibonacci sequences, Fibonacci Q., 37, 2, 135-140, (1999) · Zbl 0944.05007
[19] Ah-Pine, J., Data fusion in information retrieval using consensus aggregation operators, (2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, WI, (2008)), 662-668
[20] Grabisch, M.; Labreuche, C., Bi-capacities for decision making on bipolar scales, (Proceedings of the EUROFUSE 02 Workshop on Information Systems, (2002)), 185-190
[21] Marichal, J.-L.; Roubens, M., Determination of weights of interacting criteria from a reference set, Eur. J. Oper. Res., 124, 3, 641-650, (2000) · Zbl 0969.90081
This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. In some cases that data have been complemented/enhanced by data from zbMATH Open. This attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming completeness or a perfect matching.