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Abstract
Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are becoming increasingly
popular in solving selection problems. The literature review indicates that the
majority of the previous studies evaluated and devoted to the comparison of
their characteristics and performances under a crisp and fuzzy environment.
However, fuzzy set theory cannot be used to completely tackle vague and
imprecise data given by decision-makers. Therefore, intuitionistic fuzzy (IF) set
theory has been used to establish an ill-defined multiple criteria decisionmaking
problems. The objective of this work is to demonstrate and validate the
application potential of some MCDM methods in the IF setting for solving one
real-time facility location selection problem, in which the criteria values are
described in exact (crisp) values form. Firstly, the decision matrix is fuzzified
and then transformed into an IF decision matrix. Bhattacharya et al. (2003)
facility location selection problem is considered in this work and has been
conducted by applying three different MCDM approaches: IF - order of
Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (IF-TOPSIS), IF- Grey relational
analysis (IF-GRA) and IF-(VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno
Resenje), which in English is multi-criteria optimization and compromise
solution (IF- VIKOR).Another objective of this research is to focus on
providing sensitivity analysis schemas that can be used to test the reliability of
the final decision and by extension the congruent effect produced when certain
changes are made to the input parameters within the IF-TOPSIS method. Two
schemas are used to evaluate the effect of different approaches on estimating IF
criteria weights and different families of distance measures norms to the
solution. Obtained results are discussed and compared with the results obtained
by previous researchers to assess the impact of the proposed IF- methods used
in the result of decision making.