Maximum group utility consensus and fairness-oriented cross-efficiency in multi-attribute group decision-making with a focus on inequality concern
摘要
Multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) constitutes an important subfield of group decision-making. Most existing studies on MAGDM focus on consensus reaching without considering irrational psychology of decision-makers (DMs), particularly their inequality concern. Meanwhile, research on MAGDM from inequality concern remains rather limited. Motivated by this, we develop a novel fairness-oriented MAGDM approach to alleviate the concern of DMs. First, a weighting model for DMs is developed, which can reflect disparities of the information entropy and fairness concern utility among DMs. Secondly, during the consensus-reaching process, we propose a maximized group consensus model that incorporates fairness concern, which accounts for individual tolerance levels and the consensus principle. Thirdly, we design a fairness-oriented multiplicative data envelopment analysis cross-efficiency (FMDEA) model for selection, with the objective of identifying the optimal alternative. Finally, we apply the approach in a case study involving the upgrade of an electrical system for the highway tunnel, and employ comparative and sensitivity analyses to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach.