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Home›Decision-making›m-Polar Fuzzy Dombi Weighted Averaging / Geometric MCDM (Akram, Yaqoob, Ali & Chammam 2020 / Akram & Adeel 2023 Ch. 8) — single-DM m-PF MCDM ranking via Dombi t-conorm/t-norm-based aggregation operators (mFDWA primary, mFDWG companion) followed by m-PF score-based descending ordering
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m-Polar Fuzzy Dombi Weighted Averaging / Geometric MCDM (Akram, Yaqoob, Ali & Chammam 2020 / Akram & Adeel 2023 Ch. 8) — single-DM m-PF MCDM ranking via Dombi t-conorm/t-norm-based aggregation operators (mFDWA primary, mFDWG companion) followed by m-PF score-based descending ordering

MPF-DOMBI-WA (m-Polar Fuzzy Dombi Weighted Averaging / Geometric MCDM (Akram, Yaqoob, Ali & Chammam 2020 / Akram & Adeel 2023 Ch. 8) — single-DM m-PF MCDM ranking via Dombi t-conorm/t-norm-based aggregation operators (mFDWA primary, mFDWG companion) followed by m-PF score-based descending ordering) is a aggregationoperator multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Akram, M., Yaqoob, N., Ali, G., Chammam, W. in 2020. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.

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Read the result as a complete descending ranking of alternatives Y_i. The alternative with the highest m-PF score S(s_i) = (1/m) Σ_{r=1}^{m} p_r◦ζ_{i·} is the best choice. The aggregated m-PF preference value s_i (visible as a polygon in H3) shows the per-pole strength profile of each alternative — useful for interpreting WHY one alternative dominates. When two alternatives have identical scores, the accuracy H(s_i) (held internally) breaks ties: higher H wins. Switching operator_choice from mFDWA (arithmetic, default) to mFDWG (geometric) can reorder the ranking — Sec. 5/6 of the seminal pape

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
  • May exhibit rank reversal when alternatives are added to or removed from the set.
  • Assumes full compensation — a strong score on one criterion can offset a weak score on another.

Sources

  1. Akram, M., Yaqoob, N., Ali, G., Chammam, W. (2020). Extensions of Dombi Aggregation Operators for Decision Making under m-Polar Fuzzy Information. Journal of Mathematics (Hindawi) link ↗

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ScholarGate — MPF-DOMBI-WA (m-Polar Fuzzy Dombi Weighted Averaging / Geometric MCDM (Akram, Yaqoob, Ali & Chammam 2020 / Akram & Adeel 2023 Ch. 8) — single-DM m-PF MCDM ranking via Dombi t-conorm/t-norm-based aggregation operators (mFDWA primary, mFDWG companion) followed by m-PF score-based descending ordering). Retrieved 2026-07-21 from https://scholargate.app/en/decision-making/mpf-dombi-wa · Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20539026
Quick facts
Originator
Akram, M., Yaqoob, N., Ali, G., Chammam, W.
Subfamily
AggregationOperator
Year
2020
Type
Dombi-norm aggregation operator MCDM — Dombi sum/product on m-PF numbers (Eq. 4), weighted averaging (mFDWA, Eq. 6) and weighted geometric (mFDWG, Def. 9) operators, m-PF score function S(ζ)=(1/m)Σ p i◦ζ (Eq. 1) ranking
Value Space
M polar
Uncertainty
epistemic
Compensation
full
Rank Reversal
Yes
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