On some new fuzzy entropy measure of Pythagorean fuzzy sets for decision-making based on an extended TOPSIS approach

Abstract

Fuzzy entropy measures are valuable tools in decision-making when dealing with uncertain or imprecise information. There exist many entropy measures for Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets (PFS) in the literature that fail to deal with the problem of providing reasonable or consistent results to the decision-makers. To deal with the shortcomings of the existing measures, this paper proposes a robust fuzzy entropy measure for PFS to facilitate decision-making under uncertainty. The usefulness of the measure is illustrated through an illustration of decision-making in a supplier selection problem and compared with existing fuzzy entropy measures. The Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) approach is also explored to solve the decision-making problem. The results demonstrate that the proposed measure can effectively capture the degree of uncertainty in the decision-making process, leading to more accurate decision outcomes by providing a reliable and robust ranking of alternatives.

Keywords:

• Pythagorean fuzzy sets
• entropy measures
• multi criteria decision analysis
• TOPSIS method
• supplier selection

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