We analyse the biases of eleven mtasures for estimating the quality of the mult ivalued attributes The values of information gain Jmeasure, gini-index and relevance tend to lin early increase with the number of values of an attr ibute The values of gam-ratio dis tance measure, Relief and the weight of evidence decrease for informative attributes and increase for irrelevant attributes The bias o...

Multiple attributes group decision making (MAGDM) is regarded as the process of determining the best feasible solution by a group of experts or decision makers according to the attributes that represent different effects. In assessing the performance of each alternative with respect to each attribute and the relative importance of the selected attributes, quantitative/qualitative evaluations ar...

Supplier selection is a multiple-attribute decision-making (MADM) problem. Since the decision makers (DMs) such as preferences on alternatives or on the attributes of suppliers are often uncertain, supplier selection becomes more difficult. Grey theory is one of the methods used to study uncertainty, being superior in the mathematical analysis of systems with uncertain information. In this pape...

We consider the problem of classifying a telephone line as either a voice or fax telephone line based on its long-distance calling patterns (i.e., the time of day and duration of its long distance calls) and based on knowledge about other lines with which calls are placed. We show that both kinds of information are important. In particular, neither choosing new learning algorithms nor collectin...

interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets (ivifss) are widely used to handle uncertainty and imprecision in decision making. however, in more complicated environment, it is difficult to express the uncertain information by an ivifs with considering the decision-making preference. hence, this paper proposes a group generalized interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft set (g-givifss) which conta...

In this paper, an interval approach is presented to achieve perfect selectivity and maximum sensitivity in distance relay zones, considering uncertainties. For this purpose, first, the uncertainties affecting the settings of the three zones of a distance relay are discussed. Then, by using the Monte-Carlo simulation, the uncertainties are modelled and the impedances seen by the distance relay a...

In this paper, normal cloud model and evidential reasoning (E-R) approach is used in multiple attribute decision analysis (MADA) problems. Different attributes Belief function are represented by cloud model interval. Using cloud model generating algorithm, belief degree interval is obtained without numerical computation. In addition, it is reasonable and it accords with human’s mind. Evidential...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether men should be encouraged to enter the medical specialty of obstetrics and gynecology. METHODS A self-administered survey was designed for and distributed to patients (N=264) in 13 obstetrics and gynecology waiting rooms in Connecticut. The survey was used to determine whether there were any patient preferences with regard to the gender of physicians providing ob...