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OWA aggregation over a continuous interval argument with applications to decision making.

Ronald R Yager1

  • 1Machine Intelligence Institute, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA. yager@panix.com

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
|October 27, 2004
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Summary

This study extends the ordered weighted average (OWA) operator for continuous interval data, enhancing decision-making under uncertainty. The new OWA operator accounts for importance weights, introducing an attitudinal-based expected value for random variables.

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Area of Science:

  • Decision Analysis
  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Mathematical Optimization

Background:

  • The ordered weighted average (OWA) operator is a key tool for decision making under uncertainty.
  • Existing OWA operators primarily handle finite sets of values.
  • There is a need for methods that can aggregate continuous interval data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the OWA operator to handle continuous valued intervals.
  • To explore the application of this extended OWA operator in decision-making tasks.
  • To introduce an attitudinal-based expected value for continuous random variables.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a continuous interval argument OWA operator.
  • Applied the operator to aggregation examples.

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  • Extended the operator to incorporate importance weights for argument values.

    • Main Results:

    • Successfully extended the OWA operator to continuous interval data.
    • Demonstrated the utility of the extended OWA operator in decision-making scenarios.
    • Introduced a novel attitudinal-based expected value concept for continuous random variables.

    Conclusions:

    • The continuous interval OWA operator provides a flexible framework for decision making with interval data.
    • The incorporation of importance weights enhances the operator's applicability.
    • The attitudinal-based expected value offers a new perspective for analyzing random variables.