Methods for multiple attribute decision making with hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic information and their application for evaluating the college English teachers' professional development competence

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zheng, Xiao-Mei

Affiliations: Department of College English Teaching, Tonghua Normal University, Jilin, China

Note: [] Corresponding author. Xiao-Mei Zheng, Department of College English Teaching, Tonghua Normal University, Jilin 134002, China. Tel./Fax: +86 13943580008; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems for evaluating the college English teachers' professional development competence with hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic information. Then, motivated by the ideal of traditional power aggregation operator, we have developed the hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic power weighted average (HFULPWA) operator. Then, we have utilized hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic power weighted average (HFULPWA) operator to develop some approaches to solve the hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic multiple attribute decision making problems. Finally, a practical example for evaluating the college English teachers' professional development competence is given to verify the developed approach and to demonstrate its practicality and effectiveness.

Keywords: Multiple attribute decision making (MADM), hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic values, hesitant fuzzy uncertain linguistic power weighted average (HFULPWA) operator, college English teachers; professional development competence

DOI: 10.3233/IFS-141409

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1243-1250, 2015