Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy for Group Decision Making of Water Engineering Project Delivery System Selection

• Published in: Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 21; no. 11; p. 1101
• Main Authors: Liu, Xun, Qian, Fei, Lin, Lingna, Zhang, Kun, Zhu, Lianbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-11-2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Construction; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Engineering; Entropy; Fuzzy sets; group decision making; Hydroelectric power stations; intuitionistic fuzzy entropy; Life cycle engineering; project delivery system; Set theory; Water engineering; Weight
• ISSN: 1099-4300; 1099-4300
• DOI: 10.3390/e21111101

The project delivery mode is an extremely important link in the life cycle of water engineering. Many cases show that increases in the costs, construction period, and claims in the course of the implementation of water engineering are related to the decision of the project delivery mode in the early stages. Therefore, it is particularly important to choose a delivery mode that matches the water engineering. On the basis of identifying the key factors that affect the decision on the project delivery system and establishing a set of index systems, a comprehensive decision of engineering transaction is essentially considered to be a fuzzy multi-attribute group decision. In this study, intuitionistic fuzzy entropy was used to determine the weight of the influencing factors on the engineering transaction mode; then, intuitionistic fuzzy entropy was used to determine the weight of decision experts. Thus, a comprehensive scheme-ranking model based on an intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid average (IFHA) operator and intuitionistic fuzzy weighted average (IFWA) operator was established. Finally, a practical case analysis of a hydropower station further demonstrated the feasibility, objectivity, and scientific nature of the decision model.