Decision-making methods based on fuzzy soft competition hypergraphs

• Published in: Complex & intelligent systems 2022-06, Vol.8 (3), p.2325-2348
• Main Authors: Akram, Muhammad, Shahzadi, Sundas, Rasool, Areen, Sarwar, Musavarah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Algorithms; Competition; Complexity; Computational Intelligence; Data Structures and Information Theory; Decision analysis; Decision making; Decision theory; Engineering; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Graph theory; Graphs; Original Article; Uncertainty
• ISSN: 2199-4536; 2198-6053
• DOI: 10.1007/s40747-022-00646-4

Fuzzy soft set theory is an effective framework that is utilized to determine the uncertainty and plays a major role to identify vague objects in a parametric manner. The existing methods to discuss the competitive relations among objects have some limitations due to the existence of different types of uncertainties in a single mathematical structure. In this research article, we define a novel framework of fuzzy soft hypergraphs that export the qualities of fuzzy soft sets to hypergraphs. The effectiveness of competition methods is enhanced with the novel notion of fuzzy soft competition hypergraphs. We study certain types of fuzzy soft competition hypergraphs to illustrate different relations in a directed fuzzy soft network using the concepts of height, depth, union, and intersection simultaneously. We introduce the notions of fuzzy soft k -competition hypergraphs and fuzzy soft neighborhood hypergraphs. We design certain algorithms to compute the strength of competition in fuzzy soft directed graphs that reduce the calculation complexity of existing fuzzy-based non-parameterized models. We analyze the significance of our proposed theory with a decision-making problem. Finally, we present graphical, numerical, as well as theoretical comparison analysis with existing methods that endorse the applicability and advantages of our proposed approach.