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Picture Fuzzy variant of CIMAS (Kara et al. 2024)

OriginatorKara, K., Yalçın, G. C., Kaygısız, E. G., Simic, V., Örnek, A. Ş., Pamucar, D.Year2024Sources1Related methods18

PIF-CIMAS (Picture Fuzzy variant of CIMAS (Kara et al. 2024)) is a weight subjective multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Kara, K., Yalçın, G. C., Kaygısız, E. G., Simic, V., Örnek, A. Ş., Pamucar, D. in 2024. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.

Key highlights

  • Follows a transparent, reproducible computational procedure that can be audited step by step.
  • Handles multiple criteria of differing scales and units within a single decision matrix.

Intuition

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When to use it

PIF-CIMAS extends CIMAS (Bošković et al. 2023) by replacing crisp expert/criterion ratings with Picture Fuzzy linguistic variables aggregated via score function Sc(W) = (1/3)(μ + (1−η) + (1−ν)). Reliability is verified via a second round.

Strengths & limitations

Strengths
  • Follows a transparent, reproducible computational procedure that can be audited step by step.
  • Handles multiple criteria of differing scales and units within a single decision matrix.
Limitations
  • Results depend on the chosen normalisation, weights, and parameter settings.

Sources

  1. 1.
    Kara, K., Yalçın, G. C., Kaygısız, E. G., Simic, V., Örnek, A. Ş., Pamucar, D. (2024). A picture fuzzy CIMAS-ARTASI model for website performance analysis in human resource management. Applied Soft Computing
    DOI 10.1016/j.asoc.2024.111826

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