Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to propose a multi-criteria decision-making model based on the casebased reasoning(CBR)method for interval-valued probabilistic linguistic term set(IVPLTS),which can cluster differ...Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to propose a multi-criteria decision-making model based on the casebased reasoning(CBR)method for interval-valued probabilistic linguistic term set(IVPLTS),which can cluster different categories of building suppliers for targeted management.Design/methodology/approach-First,a new score function and distance measure for IVPLTS are proposed.Second,a green building supplier evaluation criterion system is constructed from five aspects:operation management,green management,cooperation potential,service level and product information.Finally,the IVPLTS-CBR model is used to evaluate the green building suppliers and groups them into three preset categories.Findings-The feasibility and validity of the proposed method are verified by comparing with the advanced TOPSIS method and the IVPLTS-based VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje(VIKOR)method.The compared results show that the proposed method is more consistent with the actual situation and has strong theoretical significance and practical value.Research limitations/implications-This paper presents a new method for clustering construction suppliers.Decision makers can use this method to classify construction suppliers into different categories,so that they can be targeted management.In this way,suppliers can be better guided and motivated to accelerate the green transformation and contribute their share to achieve the strategic goal of carbon neutral and carbon peak as soon as possible.Originality/value-A new score function and distance measure for IVPLTS are proposed.Besides,a novel IVPLTS-CBR method is applied to rank and cluster building suppliers.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Education Foundation of Humanities and Social Sciences of China(No.19YJA630039).
文摘Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to propose a multi-criteria decision-making model based on the casebased reasoning(CBR)method for interval-valued probabilistic linguistic term set(IVPLTS),which can cluster different categories of building suppliers for targeted management.Design/methodology/approach-First,a new score function and distance measure for IVPLTS are proposed.Second,a green building supplier evaluation criterion system is constructed from five aspects:operation management,green management,cooperation potential,service level and product information.Finally,the IVPLTS-CBR model is used to evaluate the green building suppliers and groups them into three preset categories.Findings-The feasibility and validity of the proposed method are verified by comparing with the advanced TOPSIS method and the IVPLTS-based VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje(VIKOR)method.The compared results show that the proposed method is more consistent with the actual situation and has strong theoretical significance and practical value.Research limitations/implications-This paper presents a new method for clustering construction suppliers.Decision makers can use this method to classify construction suppliers into different categories,so that they can be targeted management.In this way,suppliers can be better guided and motivated to accelerate the green transformation and contribute their share to achieve the strategic goal of carbon neutral and carbon peak as soon as possible.Originality/value-A new score function and distance measure for IVPLTS are proposed.Besides,a novel IVPLTS-CBR method is applied to rank and cluster building suppliers.
