Two-sided Matching Decision under Multi-granularity Uncertain Linguistic Environment

Yue Qi, Yongshan Peng, Bingwen Yu, Yu Hong, Quan Xiao
2015 International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology  
With respect to the two-sided matching problem, where the agents' preferences are in the format of multi-granularity uncertain linguistic terms, a matching method is proposed. Some basic concepts and definitions on uncertain linguistic term and 2-tuple are firstly given. Based on this, the two-sided matching problem with multi-granularity uncertain linguistic terms is described. Then, multi-granularity uncertain linguistic term matrixes are transformed into multi-granularity 2-tuple matrixes.
more » ... rthermore, a multi-objective optimization model is developed by using the extended 2-tuple weighted average. By using the normalization method and the linear weighted method twice, the multiobjective optimization model can be converted into a single-objective optimization model. By solving the model, the matching alternative can be obtained. Example of matching demand and supply in agricultural knowledge illustrates the feasibility and effectiveness of this method.
doi:10.14257/ijunesst.2015.8.11.04 fatcat:3sho3bfxfzhmxhnnhi6rurpfgy