Green Supplier Evaluation and Selection Using Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Hybrid Aggregation Operators

Xu, Xue-Guo; Shi, Hua; Cui, Feng-Bao; Quan, Mei-Yun

doi:10.15388/Informatica.2018.193

Informatica

Green Supplier Evaluation and Selection Using Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Hybrid Aggregation Operators

Volume 29, Issue 4 (2018), pp. 801–824

Xue-Guo Xu Hua Shi Feng-Bao Cui Mei-Yun Quan

https://doi.org/10.15388/Informatica.2018.193

Pub. online: 1 January 2018 Type: Research Article

Open Access

Received
1 September 2017

Accepted
1 August 2018

Published
1 January 2018

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate green supplier evaluation and selection problems within the interval 2-tuple linguistic environment. Based on the operational laws and comparison rule of interval 2-tuple linguistic variables, we develop some new aggregation operators, such as the interval 2-tuple hybrid averaging (ITHA) operator, the interval 2-tuple ordered weighted averaging-weighted averaging (ITOWAWA) operator and the interval 2-tuple hybrid geometric (ITHG) operator. Then, an approach for green supplier evaluation and selection under the context of interval 2-tuple linguistic variables is proposed based on the developed interval 2-tuple linguistic hybrid aggregation operators. Finally, a practical application to the green supplier selection problem of an automobile manufacturer is presented to reveal the potentiality and aptness of the proposed green supplier selection approach. According to the findings, the supplier number ‘five’ got the highest rank, out of the five alternative green suppliers. The approach proposed in this paper may help managers and business professionals to evaluate and select the optimal green supplier by considering the importance degrees of both the given arguments and their ordered positions. Furthermore, it is able to take different scenarios into account and provide a more complete picture to the decision maker by using different hybrid aggregation operators.

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Biographies

Xu Xue-Guo

xuxueguo@163.com

X.-G. Xu received his PhD degree in management science and engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2005. He joined the School of Management, Shanghai University, in 1995, where he is currently a professor of management science and engineering. His main research interests include industrial engineering, sustainable development management, and engineering project management. He has published many papers in these areas in international journals, such as Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization and Waste Management.

Shi Hua

shihua1980@shu.edu.cn

H. Shi is working toward the PhD degree in management science and engineering at the School of Management, Shanghai University. His research interests include sustainable supplier management, industrial engineering, and quality management.

Cui Feng-Bao

cuifengbao73@163.com

F.-B. Cui received the MSc degree in management science and engineering from Beijing Industry University, Beijing, China, in 2005, and the PhD degree in urban development and management from the Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2018. She is currently an associate professor at the Department of Economics & Management, Yibin University, Yibin, China. Her research interests include low-carbon economy, and urban development management and innovation.

Quan Mei-Yun

quanmeiyun@foxmail.com

M.-Y. Quan received the BS degree in business administration from Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China, in 2016. She is working toward the MS degree in management science and engineering at the School of Management, Shanghai University. Her research interests include sustainable supplier management and industrial engineering.

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