Multiple Attribute Group Decision-Making process based on Generalized Archimedean Linguistic Pythagorean Fuzzy  Averaging Aggregation Operators

Abstract

The linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy set (LPFS) is a prominent tool for comprehensively representing qualitative information data. Aggregation operators (AOs) play an essential role in multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) problems. In the present manuscript, we define four new operational laws for linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy numbers (LPFNs) based on Archimedean t-norm and t-conorm. Paper also uses the linguistic scale function (LSF) in order to accommodate different semantic situations during the operational process. Next, we introduce some new generalized arithmetic AOs, including the generalized Archimedean linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy weighted averaging (GALPFWA) operator, the generalized Archimedean linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted averaging (GALPFOWA) operator, the generalized Archimedean linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy hybrid averaging (GALPFHA) operator along with their desirable properties. The developed AOs include several existing linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy aggregation operators as their particular and limiting cases. Finally, using the proposed AOs, a new approach for solving the MAGDM problem is given and illustrated with a real-life numerical example to demonstrate its flexibility and effectiveness.