An Approach toward a Q-Neutrosophic Soft Set and Its Application in Decision Making
A neutrosophic set was proposed as an approach to study neutral uncertain information. It is characterized through three memberships, <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <mi>T</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>I</mi> <...
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doaj-f137fdeaba9d42ce960f82fe1679680a2020-11-24T21:48:34ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942019-01-0111213910.3390/sym11020139sym11020139An Approach toward a Q-Neutrosophic Soft Set and Its Application in Decision MakingMajdoleen Abu Qamar0Nasruddin Hassan1School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, MalaysiaSchool of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, MalaysiaA neutrosophic set was proposed as an approach to study neutral uncertain information. It is characterized through three memberships, <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <mi>T</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>I</mi> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula> and <i>F</i>, such that these independent functions stand for the truth, indeterminate, and false-membership degrees of an object. The neutrosophic set presents a symmetric form since truth enrolment <i>T</i> is symmetric to its opposite false enrolment <i>F</i> with respect to indeterminacy enrolment <i>I</i> that acts as an axis of symmetry. The neutrosophic set was further extended to a Q-neutrosophic soft set, which is a hybrid model that keeps the features of the neutrosophic soft set in dealing with uncertainty, and the features of a Q-fuzzy soft set that handles two-dimensional information. In this study, we discuss some operations of Q-neutrosophic soft sets, such as subset, equality, complement, intersection, union, AND operation, and OR operation. We also define the necessity and possibility operations of a Q-neutrosophic soft set. Several properties and illustrative examples are discussed. Then, we define the Q-neutrosophic-set aggregation operator and use it to develop an algorithm for using a Q-neutrosophic soft set in decision-making issues that have indeterminate and uncertain data, followed by an illustrative real-life example.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/2/139decision makingneutrosophic setQ-neutrosophic setQ-neutrosophic soft setsoft set |
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An Approach toward a Q-Neutrosophic Soft Set and Its Application in Decision Making |
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An Approach toward a Q-Neutrosophic Soft Set and Its Application in Decision Making |
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An Approach toward a Q-Neutrosophic Soft Set and Its Application in Decision Making |
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An Approach toward a Q-Neutrosophic Soft Set and Its Application in Decision Making |
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A neutrosophic set was proposed as an approach to study neutral uncertain information. It is characterized through three memberships, <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mrow> <mi>T</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>I</mi> </mrow> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula> and <i>F</i>, such that these independent functions stand for the truth, indeterminate, and false-membership degrees of an object. The neutrosophic set presents a symmetric form since truth enrolment <i>T</i> is symmetric to its opposite false enrolment <i>F</i> with respect to indeterminacy enrolment <i>I</i> that acts as an axis of symmetry. The neutrosophic set was further extended to a Q-neutrosophic soft set, which is a hybrid model that keeps the features of the neutrosophic soft set in dealing with uncertainty, and the features of a Q-fuzzy soft set that handles two-dimensional information. In this study, we discuss some operations of Q-neutrosophic soft sets, such as subset, equality, complement, intersection, union, AND operation, and OR operation. We also define the necessity and possibility operations of a Q-neutrosophic soft set. Several properties and illustrative examples are discussed. Then, we define the Q-neutrosophic-set aggregation operator and use it to develop an algorithm for using a Q-neutrosophic soft set in decision-making issues that have indeterminate and uncertain data, followed by an illustrative real-life example. |
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