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. 2021 Mar 22;7(1):141–162. doi: 10.1007/s41066-021-00256-4

Multi-attribute group decision making based on sine trigonometric spherical fuzzy aggregation operators

Muhammad Qiyas 1,, Saleem Abdullah 1, Saifullah Khan 1, Muhammad Naeem 2
PMCID: PMC7982515  PMID: 38624554

Abstract

Spherical fuzzy set (SFS) is also one of the fundamental concepts for address more uncertainties in decision problems than the existing structures of fuzzy sets, and thus its implementation was more substantial. The well-known sine trigonometric function maintains the periodicity and symmetry of the origin in nature and thus satisfies the expectations of the experts over the multi parameters. Taking this feature and the significance of the SFSs into the consideration, the main objective of the article is to describe some reliable sine trigonometric laws for SFSs. Associated with these laws, we develop new average and geometric aggregation operators to aggregate the Spherical fuzzy numbers. Then, we presented a group decision-making strategy to address the multi-attribute group decision-making problem using the developed aggregation operators. To verify the value of the defined operators, a MAGDM strategy is provided along with an application for the selection of an authentic COVID-19 laboratory. Moreover, a comparative study is also performed to present the effectiveness of the developed approach.

Keywords: Spherical fuzzy sets, Sine trigonometric spherical fuzzy aggregation operators, Decision making

Introduction

Multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method is one of the most relevant and evolving topics explaining how to choose the finest alternative with a community of experts with some attributes. There are two relevant tasks in this system. The first is to define the context in which the values of the various parameters are effectively calculated, while the second is to summarize the defined information. Generally, the information describing the objects is taken mostly in the form of deterministic or crisp in nature. With the increasing complexity of a system on a daily basis, however, it is difficult to aggregate the data, from the logbook, resources and experts, in the crisp form. Therefore, Zadeh (1965) developed the core concept of fuzzy set (FS), and also Atanassov (1986) work on it and further develop a new idea of intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS). Chen and Chang (2016a) proposed a fuzzy multi-attribute decision making based on transformation techniques of intuitionistic fuzzy values and intuitionistic fuzzy geometric averaging operators.

Chen et al. (2016b) developed a multi-criteria decision making based on the TOPSIS method and similarity measures between intuitionistic fuzzy values. Chen et al. (2016c) defined a novel similarity measure between intuitionistic fuzzy sets based on the centroid points of transformed fuzzy numbers with applications to pattern recognition. Chen et al. (2016d) introduced fuzzy multi-attribute group decision making based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets and evidential reasoning methodology. Zeng et al. (2019a) developed a multi-attribute decision making based on novel score function of intuitionistic fuzzy values and modified VIKOR method. Yager (2013) developed the Pythagorean fuzzy sets (PyFSs), Torra (2010) was defined the idea of a hesitant fuzzy sets, which are used by scholars to communicate the information clearly. In IFS, it is observed that each object has two membership grades, positive μ and the negative ν, which satisfying the condition 0μ+ν1, and for all μ,ν are lying in closed interval 0 and 1. However, in the Pythagorean fuzzy sets, this constraint is relaxed from μ+ν1, to μ2+ν21 for μ,ν[0,1]. Using this concept, many researchers have strongly addressed the define two critical tasks and discretion the techniques under the different aspects. The basic results of IFSs and Pythagorean fuzzy sets, such as operational laws De et al. (2000) and Gou et al. (2016), exponential operational laws Gou and Xu (2017), distance or similarity measures (Garg and Kumar 2018a; Hwang et al. 2018), and information entropy Grag (2019a). Many researchers (Xu and Yager 2006; Xu 2007; Garg 2016a, 2017a; Liu 2013; Liu et al. 2019), under IFS, defined some basic aggregation operators AOs, like as average and geometric, interactive AOs, Hamacher AOs. While for Pythagorean fuzzy sets, some basic operators are proposed by Peng and Yang (2015). To solve the MAGDM problems, Garg (2016b, 2017b), presented some basic concept of Einstein aggregation operators. Some extended aggregation operators dependent on the intuitionistic and Pythagorean fuzzy information, including the TOPSIS technique based on intuitionistic fuzzy Garg and Kumar (2018a) and Pythagorean fuzzy Zhang and Xu (2014); partitioned Bonferroni mean Nie et al. (2019); Maclaurin symmetric mean (Qin and Liu 2014; Gao 2018a). Apart from this, Yager (2016), intuitively developed the idea of q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (q-ROFSs). Gao et al. (2018a), developed the basic idea of the continuities and differential of q-ROFSs. Peng et al. (2018) presented exponential , logarithmic operation laws for q-ROFNs. Liu and Wang (2018b) developed weighted average and geometric aggregation operators for q-ROFNs. Liu and Wang (2018a) developed a MAGDM method based on Archimedean Bonferroni Operators of q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers. Liu et al. (2018) defined a MAGD method based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy Heronian mean operators. Liu and Liu (2019a) proposed a MAGDM method based on power Bonferroni operators of linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers. Liu and Liu (2019b) introduced a MAGDM method of linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy power Muirhead mean operators based on entropy weight. Wei et al. (2019), defined the idea of some q-ROF Maclaurin symmetric mean operators. Wang et al. (2019c), introduced similarity measure of q-ROFSs. Liu and Wang (2020) defined a MADM method based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy generalized Maclaurin symmetric mean operators.

While, the idea of IFSs and Pythagorean FSs are widely studied and implemented in various fields. But their ability to express the information is still limited. Thus, it was still difficult for the experts and their corresponding information to convey the information in such sets. To overcome this information, the notion of the picture fuzzy sets (PFSs), which is defined by Cuong and Kreinovich (2013). Thus, it was clearly noticed that PFS is the extended form of the IFSs, to accommodate some more ambiguities. In picture fuzzy sets, each object observed by defining three grades of the member named as membership μ, neutral η and non-membership ν with constraint that μ+η+ν1, for μ,η,ν[0,1]. The definition of the PFS will convey the opinions of experts like “yes” “abstain” “no” and “refusal” while avoiding missing evaluation details and encouraging the reliability of the acquired data with the actual environment for decision-making. Although the concept of PFSs is widely studied and applied in different fields. And their extension focus on the basic operational laws, which is the important aspect of the PFS as well as aggregation operators AOs, which are an effective tool by the help of these AOs, we obtain raking of the alternatives by providing the comprehensive values to the alternatives. Wei (2017), developed some operations of the PFS. Son (2017), developed measuring analogousness in PFSs . Apart from these, several other kinds of the AOs of the PFSs have been developed such as logarithmic PF aggregation operators, which are presented by Khan (2019), Wang et. al. (2018) presented PF normalized projection-based VIKOR method, Wang et al. (2019a), develop PF Muirhead mean operators. Wei et al. (2019), developed Bidirectional projection method for PFSs. Ashraf et al. (2018, 2019a) and Zeng et al. (2019b) developed the idea of different approaches to MAGDM problems, picture fuzzy linguistic sets and exponential Jensen PF divergence measure, respectively. Khan (2019), presented PF aggregation based on Einstein operation. Qiyas et al. (2019), presented linguistic PF Dombi aggregation operators. Cuong and Kreinovich (2013) defined some operations and defined some picture fuzzy logic operators for fuzzy derivation forms. The properties of PF t-norm & conorm are examined by Cuong et al. (2016). Phong et al. (2014) analyze some design of PF relations. Akram et al. (2020) proposed a decision-making model under complex PF Hamacher AOs. Ahmad et al. (2019) defined new operations on interval-valued picture fuzzy set, interval-valued picture fuzzy soft set and their applications. Garg (2017c) developed some picture fuzzy aggregation operators and an approach for multi-criteria decision making. Lin et al. (2020) proposed a novel picture fuzzy MCDM model based on the extended MULTIMOORA method to solve the site selection of the car sharing station. Liu et al. (2019) defined the similarity measures for interval-valued picture fuzzy sets and discussed their applications in decision making. Recently, Khan et al. (2019) defined the new concept about logarithmic operation laws for PFSs.

To address this limitation which PFN cannot handle, Shahzaib et al. (2019b) defined the notion of the Spherical fuzzy set (SFS) for the first time and identified some aggregation operators with the Spherical fuzzy information problem for MADM. In the SFS, all the membership degrees are gratifying the condition 0μI˘(r)2+ηI˘(r)2+νI˘(r)21 rather than 0μI˘(r)+ηI˘(r)+νI˘(r)1 as in PFSs. Gundogdu et al. (2019) specified the TOPSIS method for SFS and give an example of multi-attribute decision making problem. Huanhuan et al. (2019) defined SLFS, which combines the concept of LFS with SFS. Ashraf et al. (2019c, 2019d) using the Dombi method, described some SF aggregation operators and discussed their decision-making application, also studied the presentation of SF t-norm and conorm. Jin et al. (2019) developed some Spherical fuzzy logarithmic AOs based on entropy and their application in decision support systems. Jin et al. (2019) proposed the linguistic Spherical fuzzy AOs and discussed their applications in MADM problems. Rafiq et al. (2019) introduced some cosine similarity measures of Spherical fuzzy sets and their applications in decision making. Zeng et al. (2019c) developed a Covering-based Spherical fuzzy rough set model hybrid with TOPSIS for MADM. Mahmood et al. (2019) define a model for decision making and medical diagnosis problems using the concept of SFSs.

Among the above aspects, it is very clear that operational laws play main role model for any aggregation process. Besides these mathematical logarithmic functions another important feature is the sine trigonometry feature, which plays a main role during the fusion of the information. In this way, taking into consideration the advantages and usefulness of the sine trigonometric function, some new sine trigonometric operational laws need to be developed for SFSs and their behavior studied. Consequently, the paper’s purpose is to develop some new operation laws for SFSs and also give the MAGDM algorithm for managing the information for SFSs evaluation. Describe several more sophisticated operational laws for SFSs as well as a novel entropy to remove the weight of the attributes to prevent subjective , objective aspects. Some more generalized functional aggregation operators are presented with help of the defined sine trigonometric operational laws STOLs for spherical fuzzy numbers (SFNs), many basic relations between the developed AOs are discussed and give a novel MAGDM technique depending on the developed operators to solve the group decision-making problems. And finally, the proposed approach compared with the existing method. Therefore, the goals and the motivations of this paper are as follows:

  1. To present some more advanced operational laws for SFSs by combining the features of the ST and SFNs.

  2. A novel entropy is presented to extract the attributes’ weight for avoiding the influence of subjective and objective aspects.

  3. To present some more generalized functional AOs with the help of the defined STOLs for SFNs. Also, the several fundamental relations between the proposed AOs are derived to show its significance.

  4. To present a novel MAGDM method based on the proposed operators to solve the group decision-making problems. The consistency of the proposed method is confirmed through these examples, and their evaluations are carried out in detail.

In the second Section of the article, we can define some related to SFS. In Sect. 3, we define the new SFS operational laws based on sine trigonometric function and their properties. In Sect. 4, we presented a series of AOs along with their required properties, based on sine trigonometric operational laws. Section 5, provides the basic connection between the developed AOs. In Sect. 6, using the new aggregation operators, we introduce a new MAGDM approach and give detailed steps. An example in the field of medical line using the SFNs information is given in Sect. 7, and to validate the new method and comparative study is carried out with the current methods are also given. Finally, the work is concluded in Sect. 8.

Preliminaries

Some fundamental ideas about the Spherical fuzzy set (SFS) on the universal set X are discussed in this portion.

Definition 1

Ashraf et al. (2019) Let X be the non-empty fixed sets. Then, the following set

I˘=x,μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x/xX. 1

Are said to be Spherical fuzzy set (SFS), where μI˘x,ηI˘x,I˘I˘x0,1 are called as the grade of membership, positive, neutral, and negative of the elements xX to the set I˘ respectively, where the following constraint has been fulfilled by μx,ηx,I˘x for all xX.

0μ2x+η2x+ν2x1. 2

Furthermore, πI˘(x)=1-μ2x+η2x+ν2x is referred as the refusal grade of xX in I˘. For convenience, μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x is called as an Spherical fuzzy number (SFN).

Definition 2

Ashraf et al. (2019) Let the three SFNs are I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x I˘1=μI˘1x,ηI˘1x,νI˘1x and I˘2=μI˘2x,ηI˘2x,νI˘2x. And also λ>0, is any scalar. Then,

  1. I˘c=νI˘x,ηI˘x,μI˘x;

  2. I˘1I˘2=minμI˘1x,μI˘2x,minηI˘1x,ηI˘2x,maxνI˘1x,νI˘2x;

  3. I˘1I˘2=maxμI˘1x,μI˘2x,minηI˘1x,ηI˘2x,minνI˘1x,νI˘2x;

  4. I˘1I˘2=μI˘12x+μI˘22x-μI˘12x.μI˘22x,ηI˘1x.ηI˘2x,νI˘1x.νI˘2x;

  5. I˘1I˘2=μI˘1x.μI˘2x,ηI˘12x+ηI˘22x-ηI˘12x.ηI˘22x,νI˘12x+νI˘22x-νI˘12x.νI˘22x;

  6. λI˘=1-1-μI˘2xλ,ηI˘xλ,νI˘xλ;

  7. I˘λ=μI˘xλ,1-1-ηI˘2xλ,1-1-νI˘2xλ.

Definition 3

Garg (2017b) Let I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x be the SFN. The score and accuracy function are then described as, follows:

S¯cI˘=μI˘x-ηI˘x-νI˘xwhereS¯cI˘-1,1, 3
H¯cI˘=μI˘x+ηI˘x+νI˘xwhere \ H¯cI˘0,1. 4

Definition 4

Garg (2017b) Let the two SFNs are I˘1=μI˘1x,ηI˘1x,νI˘1x and I˘2=μI˘2x,ηI˘2x,νI˘2x. Then, the rules for comparison can be defined as if the score function i.e.,

·

S¯cI˘1>S¯cI˘2, then I˘1>I˘2, and if the score function i.e.,

·

S¯cI˘1=S¯cI˘2, and H¯cI˘1>H¯cI˘2, then I˘1>I˘2,

·

If H¯cI˘1=H¯cI˘2, then I˘1=I˘2.

New sine trigonometric operational laws STOLs for SFSs

We will define some operational laws for SFNs in this portion.

Definition 5

Let the SFN is I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x. Then, we define a STOLs of a Spherical fuzzy set as;

sinI˘=sinπ2μI˘x,2sin2π4ηI˘x,2sin2π4νI˘x. 5

From the above definition, it is clear that the sinI˘ is also SFS,  and also satisfied the following condition of the SFS as, the membership, neutral and nonmembership degrees of SFS are define respectively

sinπ2μI˘x:X0,1,such that0sinπ2μI˘x1,2sin2π4ηI˘x:X0,1,such that02sin2π4ηI˘x1,2sin2π4νI˘x:X0,1,such that02sin2π4νI˘x1,

Therefore,

sinI˘=sinπ2μI˘x,2sin2π4ηI˘x,2sin2π4νI˘x 6

is SFS.

Definition 6

Let I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x be a SFN. Then,

sinI˘=sinπ2μI˘x,2sin2π2ηI˘x,2sin2π4νI˘x, 7

is known as sine trigonometric ST operator and their value is known as sine trigonometric SFN.

Definition 7

Let the collection of SFNs are I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x, I˘1=μI˘1x,ηI˘1x,νI˘1x and I˘2=μI˘2x,ηI˘2x,νI˘2x. Then, we define the following operational laws where ω>0 is any scalar.

  1. sinI˘1sinI˘2=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12x.1-sinπ2μI˘22x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x.2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘1x.2sin2π4νI˘2x;

  2. sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinπ2μI˘1x.sinπ2μI˘2x,1-2sin2π4ηI˘12x.2sin2π4ηI˘22x,1-2sin2π4νI˘12x.2sin2π4νI˘22x;

  3. λsinI˘=1-1-sinπ2μI˘2xλ,2sin2π4ηI˘xλ,2sinπ4νI˘xλ;

  4. sinI˘λ=sinπ2μI˘xλ,1-2sin2π4ηI˘2xλ,1-2sin2π4νI˘2xλ;

Some basic properties of STOLs of SFNs

Some fundamental properties of sine trigonometric SFN are discussed in this portion, using the sine trigonometric operational laws STOLs.

Theorem 1

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,3. Then,

  1. sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinI˘2sinI˘1

  2. sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinI˘2sinI˘1

  3. sinI˘1sinI˘2sinI˘3=sinI˘1sinI˘2sinI˘3

  4. sinI˘1sinI˘2sinI˘3=sinI˘1sinI˘2sinI˘3

Proof

Here, we solve the first two parts using the STOLs (sine trigonometric operation laws) define in Definition (7), and the proof of the other two part are similar to the first parts, so we omit here, we get

  1. sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x,2sin2π4νI˘1xsinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘2x=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12x.1-sinπ2μI˘22x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x.2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘1x.2sin2π4νI˘2x=1-1-sinπ2μI˘22x.1-sinπ2μI˘12x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x.2sin2π4ηI˘1x,2sin2π4νI˘2x.sin2π4νI˘1x=sinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘2xsinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x,2sin2π4νI˘1x=sinI˘2sinI˘1
    therefore, from the above
    sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinI˘2sinI˘1
  2. sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x,sin2π4νI˘1xsinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x,sin2π4νI˘2x=sinπ2μI˘1x.sinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘12x.2sin2π4ηI˘22x,2sin2π4νI˘12x.2sin2π4νI˘22x=sinπ2μI˘2x.sinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘22x.2sin2π4ηI˘12x,2sin2π4νI˘22x.2sin2π4νI˘12x=sinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘2xsinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x,2sin2π4νI˘1x=sinI˘1sinI˘2
    therefore, from the above solution
    sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinI˘2sinI˘1

Theorem 2

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,2. And also λ,λ1,λ2>0 be the real number. Then,

  1. λsinI˘1sinI˘2=λsinI˘1λsinI˘2

  2. sinI˘1sinI˘2λ=sinI˘1λsinI˘2λ

  3. λ1sinI˘λ2.sinI˘=λ1λ2sinI˘

  4. sinI˘λ1sinI˘λ2=sinI˘λ1λ2

  5. sinI˘λ1λ2=sinI˘λ1.λ2

Proof

Here, we will prove the first part of the above theorem only by using the STOLs define in Definition (7), while rest can be proven similarly. As we know,

  1. sinI˘1=sinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x,2sin2π4νI˘1x
    and
    sinI˘2=sinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘2x
    using the STOLs,  we have
    sinI˘1sinI˘2=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12x.1-sinπ2μI˘22x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x.2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘1x.2sin2π4νI˘2x
    but it is given in statement of the Theorem that η>0, again we use the Definition (7), we have
    λsinI˘1sinI˘2=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12xλ.1-sinπ2μI˘22xλ,2sin2π4ηI˘1xλ.2sin2π4ηI˘2xλ,2sin2π4νI˘1xλ.2sin2π4νI˘2xλ=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12xλ,2sin2π4ηI˘1xλ,2sin2π4νI˘1xλ1-1-sinπ2μI˘22xλ,2sin2π4ηI˘2xλ,2sin2π4νI˘2xλ=λsinI˘1λsinI˘2

Corollary 1

Let a collection of two SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x where J^=1,2, such that μI˘1xμI˘2x,ηI˘1xηI˘2x and νI˘1xνI˘2x. Then show that sinI˘1sinI˘2.

Proof

Let I˘1=μI˘1x,ηI˘1x,νI˘1x and I˘2=μI˘2x,ηI˘2x,νI˘2x are the SFN with condition μ1xμI˘2x, since in the closed interval 0,π2, sin is an increasing function, thus we have sinπ2μI˘1x sinπ2μI˘2x. But also given that η1xηI˘2x which implies that 1-ηI˘1x1-ηI˘2x, since in closed interval 0,π2, sine is an increasing function, thus we have 2sin2π4ηI˘1x2sin2π4ηI˘2x, which implies that 2sin2π4ηI˘1x2sin2π4ηI˘2x, since in closed interval 0,π2, sin is an increasing function, thus we have 2sin2π4νI˘1x 2sin2π4νI˘2x, which implies that 2sin2π4νI˘1x2sin2π4νI˘2x, hence, we get

sinπ2μI˘1x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x,2sin2π4νI˘1xsinπ2μI˘2x,2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘2x

therefore, we get the required result using the Definition (7),

sinI˘1sinI˘2

Sine trigonometric aggregation operators

We have described a number of aggregation operators in this portion of the article on the basis of sine trigonometric operational laws STOLs.

Sine trigonometric averaging aggregation operator

Definition 8

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, the mapping ST-SFWA:ΨnΨ, is known as the sine trigonometric Spherical fuzzy weighted average (ST-SFWA) operator, if

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n=ω1.sinI˘1ωn.sinI˘n. 8

Where the weighted vectors of sinI˘J^J^=1,,n are ωJ^, which fulfilled the criteria of ωJ^>0, and J^=1nωJ^=1.

Theorem 3

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, the aggregated value is also SFN by utilizing the ST-SFWA operator, and is given by

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ηJ^xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νJ^xωJ^ 9

Proof

Using the process of mathematical induction, we prove the said Theorem. Because, I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x is SFN for each J^, which implies that μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x0,1 and also μI˘J^2x+ηI˘J^2x+νI˘J^2x1. The following mathematical induction steps were then performed.

Step 1. Now for n=2, we get ST-SFWAI˘1,I˘2=ω1.sinI˘1ω2.sinI˘2

where

ω1sinI˘1=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12xω1,2sin2π4ηI˘1xω1,2sin2π2νI˘1xω1

and

ω2sinI˘2=1-1-sinπ2μI˘22xω2,2sin2π2ηI˘2xω2,2sin2π2νI˘2xω2

and hence, using the Definition in (7), we get

ω1sinI˘1ω2sinI˘2=1-J^=121-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^,J^=122sin2π4ηJ^xωJ^,J^=122sin2π4νJ^xωJ^

Step 2. Now, say it is true for n=k.

ST-SFWAI˘1,I˘2=1-J^=1k1-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^,J^=1k2sin2π4ηJ^xωJ^,J^=1k2sin2π4νJ^xωJ^

Step 3. Now, we prove that this is true for n=k+1

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘k+1=ω1sinI˘1ωnsinI˘nωk+1sinI˘k+1=1-J^=1k1-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^,J^=1k2sinπ4ηJ^xωJ^,J^=1k2sin2π4νJ^xωJ^1-1-sinπ2μk+12xωk+1,2sin2π4ηk+1xωk+1,2sin2π4νk+1xωk+1

again, using the Definition (7), we obtained

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘k+1=1-J^=1k+11-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^,J^=1k+12sin2π4ηJ^xωJ^,J^=1k+12sin2π4νJ^xωJ^

Hence, for the n=k+1 holds. Then, the statement is valid for all n through the principal of mathematical induction.

The ST-SFWA operators possess the following properties.

Property 1

If all collection of SFNs I˘J^=I˘, where I˘ is another SFNJ^=1,,n, then

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n=sinI˘ 10

Proof

Let I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x is SFN, such that I˘J^=I˘. Then, we get using Theorem (3),

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ηJ^xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νJ^xωJ^=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μ2xωJ^,J^=1n2sinπ4ηxωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νxωJ^=1-1-sinπ2μ2xJ^=1nωJ^,2sin2π4ηxJ^=1nωJ^,2sinπ4νxJ^=1nωJ^=sinπ2μx,2sinπ4ηx2sin2π4νx=sinI˘

Property 2

If I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x,I˘J^-=minJ^μJ^x,maxJ^ηJ^x,maxJ^νJ^x and I˘J^+=maxJ^μJ^x,minJ^ηJ^x,minJ^νJ^x, where J^=1,,n, be SFNs,  then

sinI˘-ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘nsinI˘+. 11

Proof

Since for any J^, minJ^μJ^xμJ^xmaxJ^μJ^x, minJ^ηJ^xηJ^xmaxJ^ηJ^x and minJ^νJ^xνJ^xmaxJ^νJ^x. This implies that I˘-I˘J^I˘+. Assume that, ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n=sinI˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x, sinI˘+=μI˘+x,ηI˘-x,νI˘-x and sinI˘-=μI˘-x,ηI˘+x,νI˘+x. Then, by the monotonicity of the sine trigonometric function, we have

μI˘x=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^1-J^=1n1-sinπ2minJ^μJ^2xωJ^=1-1-sinπ2minμJ^2xJ^=1nωJ^=sinπ2minμJ^x=μI˘-xηI˘x=J^=1n2sinπ4ηJ^xωJ^J^=1n2sin2π4minJ^ηJ^xωJ^=2sin2π4minηJ^xJ^=1nωJ^=2sin2π4minJ^ηJ^x=ηI˘-xνI˘x=J^=1n2sin2π4νJ^xωJ^J^=1n2sin2π4minJ^νJ^xωJ^=2sin2π4minνJ^xJ^=1nωJ^=2sin2π4minJ^νJ^x=νI˘-x

and also

μI˘x=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μJ^2xωJ^1-J^=1n1-sinπ2maxJ^μJ^2xωJ^=1-1-sinπ2maxμJ^2xJ^=1nωJ^=sinπ2maxJ^μJ^x=μI˘+xηI˘x=J^=1n2sin2π4ηJ^xωJ^J^=1n2sin2π4maxJ^ηJ^xωJ^=2sin2π4maxηJ^xJ^=1nωJ^=2sin2π4maxJ^ηJ^x=ηI˘+xνI˘x=J^=1n2sin2π4νJ^xωJ^J^=1n2sin2π4maxJ^νJ^xωJ^=2sin2π4maxνJ^xJ^=1nωJ^=2sin2π4maxJ^νJ^x=νI˘+x

Based on score function Definition (3), we get

ScsinI˘=μI˘x-ηI˘x-νI˘xμI˘+x-ηI˘-x-νI˘-x=ScsinI˘+ScsinI˘=μI˘x-ηI˘x-νI˘xμI˘-x-ηI˘+x-νI˘+x=ScsinI˘-

Hence, ScsinI˘-ScsinI˘ScsinI˘+.

Now, we have explain three cases:

Case 1

If ScsinI˘-ScsinI˘ScsinI˘+, then result holds.

Case 2

If ScsinI˘+=ScsinI˘ then μI˘x-ηI˘x-νI˘x=μI˘+x-ηI˘+x-νI˘+x, which implies that μI˘x=μI˘+x,ηI˘x=ηI˘+x, and νI˘x=νI˘+x and HsinI˘+=HsinI˘.

Case 3

If ScsinI˘-=ScsinI˘, then μI˘x-ηI˘x-νI˘x=μI˘-x-ηI˘-x-νI˘-x, which implies that μI˘x=μI˘-x,ηI˘x=ηI˘-x, and νI˘x=νI˘-x and HsinI˘-=HsinI˘, therefore, by combining all these cases, we get

sinI˘-ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘nsinI˘+. 12

Property 3

Let the collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x and I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. If μI˘J^xμI˘J^x,ηI˘J^xηI˘J^x, and νI˘J^xνI˘J^x, then

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘nST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n. 13

Proof

Follow from the above, so we omit here.

Definition 9

A sine trigonometric SF ordered weighted average operator ST-SFOWA is a mapping ST-SFOWA:ΨnΨ such that weighted vector ω=ω1,,ωnT, which fulfilled the criteria of ωJ^>0 and J^=1nωJ^=1.

ST-SFOWA=ω1sinI˘σ1ωnsinI˘σn. 14

Where 1,,n is the permutation σ, such that I˘σJ^-1I˘σJ^ for any J^.

Theorem 4

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, by utilizing the operator i.e., ST-SFOWA the aggregated value is also SFN and is given by,

ST-SFOWAI˘1,,I˘n=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μσJ^2xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ησJ^xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νσJ^xωJ^. 15

Proof

Proof is same to Theorem (3), so proof is ignore here.

Definition 10

A sine trigonometric SF hybrid average operator ST-SFHA is a mapping ST-SFHA:ΨnΨ such that the associate vectors ξ=ξ1,ξ2,,ξnT, which fulfilled the criteria of ξJ^>0 and J^=1nξJ^= 1.

ST-SFHA=ξ1sinI¨σ1ξnsinI¨σn. 16

Where 1,,n is the permutation of σ, as I˘σJ^-1I˘σJ^ for any J^ and I¨J^=nωJ^I˘J^

Theorem 5

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, the aggregated value is also SFN by utilized the operator ST-SFHA and is given by,

ST-SFHAI˘1,,I˘n=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μ~σJ^2xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4η~σJ^xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ν~σJ^xωJ^. 17

Proof

Proof is same to Theorem (3), so proof is ignore here.

Sine trigonometric geometric aggregation operator

Definition 11

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, the mapping ST-SFWG:ΨnΨ, is known as the sine trigonometric Spherical fuzzy weighted geometric (ST-SFWG) operator, if

ST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘n=sinI˘1ω1...sinI˘nω1. 18

Where the weight vectors are ω=ω1,,ωnT of sinI˘J^J^=1,,n, which fulfilled the criteria of ωJ^>0, and J^=1nωJ^=1.

Theorem 6

Let a collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, the aggregated value is also SFN by using the ST-SFWG operator, and is given by,

ST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘n=J^=1nsinπ2μJ^xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4ηJ^2xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4νJ^2xωJ^. 19

Proof

Proof is similar to Theorem (3), so procedure is ignore here.

The ST-SFWG operators possess the following properties.

Property 1

If all collection of SFNs I˘J^=I˘, where I˘ is another SFNJ^=1,,n, then

ST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘n=sinI˘ 20

Property 2

If I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n, I˘J^-=minJ^μJ^x,maxJ^ηJ^x,maxJ^νJ^x and I˘J^+=maxJ^μJ^x,minJ^ηJ^x,minJ^νJ^x be SFNs,  then

sinI˘-ST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘nsinI˘+. 21

Property 3

Let the collection of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x and I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. If μI˘J^xμI˘J^x,ηI˘J^xηI˘J^x, and νI˘J^xνI˘J^x. Then,

ST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘nST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n. 22

Definition 12

A ST-SFOWG is a mapping from Ψn to Ψ such that the weighted vector ω=ω1,,ωnT, which fulfilled the criteria of ωJ^>0 and J^=1nωJ^= 1.

ST-SFOWG=sinI˘σ1ω1sinI˘σnωn. 23

Where σ is the permutation of 1,,n as I˘σJ^-1I˘σJ^ for any J^.

Theorem 7

Let a family of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, the aggregated value is also SFN by using the ST-SFOWG operator, and is given by

ST-SFOWGI˘1,,I˘n=J^=1nsinπ2μσJ^xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4ησJ^2xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4νσJ^2xωJ^. 24

Proof

Similar to Theorem (3)

Definition 13

A sine trigonometric spherical fuzzy hybrid geometric operator ST-SFHG is a mapping ST-SFHG:ΨnΨ, such that the associate vectors are ξ=ξ1,ξ2,,ξnT, which fulfilled the condition ξJ^>0 and J^=1nξJ^=1.

ST-SFHG=sinI¨σ1ξ1sinI¨σnξn. 25

Where σ is the permutation of 1,,n as I˘σJ^-1I˘σJ^ for any J^ and I¨J^=nωJ^I˘J^

Theorem 8

Let a family of SFNs are I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, where J^=1,,n. Then, by utilizing the operator i.e., ST-SFHG, the aggregated value is also SFN and is given by

ST-SFHGI˘1,,I˘n=J^=1nsinπ2μ~σJ^xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4η~σJ^2xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4ν~σJ^2xωJ^. 26

Proof

Proof is same to Theorem: (3), so proof is ignore here.

As similar to ST-SFWA,ST-SFOWA, ST-SFHA,ST-SFWG, ST-SFOWG and ST-SFHG operators satisfy the properties such as Idempotency, Boundedness, Monotonicity.

Fundamental properties of the proposed aggregation operators

In this section of the paper, we discuss many relation between the proposed AOs and also studied their fundamental properties as given,

Theorem 9

For any two SFNs i.e., I˘1 and I˘2, we have sinI˘1sinI˘2sinI˘1sinI˘2

Proof

Let the two SFNs are I˘1=μI˘1x,ηI˘1x,νI˘1x and I˘2=μI˘2x,ηI˘2x,νI˘2x. Then, by using definition (6), (7), we get

sinI˘1sinI˘2=1-1-sinπ2μI˘12x.1-sinπ2μI˘22x,2sin2π4ηI˘1x.2sin2π4ηI˘2x,2sin2π4νI˘1x.2sin2π4νI˘2x=1-J^=121-sinπ2μI˘J^2x,J^=122sin2π4ηI˘J^x,J^=122sin2π4νI˘J^x

and also

sinI˘1sinI˘2=sinπ2μI˘1x.sinπ2μI˘2x,1-2sin2π4ηI˘12x.2sin2π4ηI˘22x,1-2sin2π4νI˘12x.2sin2π4νI˘22x=J^=12sinπ2μI˘J^x,1-J^=122sin2π4ηI˘J^2x,1-J^=122sin2π4νI˘J^2x

since for any two non-negative real number a and b,  their arithmetic mean is greater than or equal to their geometric mean therefore, a+b2ab which follows that a+b-abab. Thus by taking a=sinπ2μI˘1x and b=sinπ2μI˘2x, we have 1-1-sinπ2μI˘1x.1-sinπ2μ2xsinπ2μI˘1x.sinπ2μI˘2x which further gives that 1-J^=121-sinπ2μI˘J^xJ^=12sinπ2μI˘1x.

Similarly, we have obtained the other two as J^=122sin2π4ηI˘J^x1-J^=122sin2π4ηI˘J^x and J^=122sin2π4νI˘J^x1-J^=122sin2π4νI˘J^x. Hence, using Definition (7), we get

sinI˘1sinI˘2sinI˘1sinI˘2

Theorem 10

For any SFNs i.e., I˘ and positive real number τ˙>0, τ˙sinI˘ sinI˘τ˙τ˙1 and τ˙sinI˘ sinI˘τ˙0<τ˙1.

Proof

Proof is same to Theorem (9)

Lemma 1

For aJ^0 and bJ^0, then we have J^=1naJ^J^J^=1nbJ^.aJ^ and the equality holds iff a1=a2==an.

Lemma 2

Let 0a,b1, and 0x1, then 0ax+b1-x1.

Lemma 3

Let 0a,b1, and 1-1-a21-b2ab.

Theorem 11

For any SFNs I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x, the operators ST-SFWA and ST-SFWG satisfy the inequality

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘nST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘n. 27

Where equality holds iff I˘1=I˘2==I˘n.

Proof

For n, SFNs I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x and normalized weight vector ωJ^>0, we have

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘n=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μI˘J^2xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^xωJ^

and

ST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘n=J^=1nsinπ2μI˘J^xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^2xωJ^,1-J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^2xωJ^

For ωJ^>0, sinπ2μJ^0,1 and by the Lemma (1), we get

1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μI˘J^xωJ^1-J^=1nωJ^1-sinπ2μI˘J^x1-1+J^=1nωJ^sinπ2μI˘J^xJ^=1nsinπ2μI˘J^xωJ^

which implies that

1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μI˘J^2xωJ^J^=1nsinπ2μI˘J^2xωJ^.

For neutral and negative membership component, we have

J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^xωJ^J^=1nωJ^.2sin2π4ηI˘J^x1-J^=1nωJ^.2sin2π4ηI˘J^x1-J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^xωJ^

which implies that

J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^xωJ^1-J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^xωJ^.

similar the negative grade, as

J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^xωJ^J^=1nωJ^.2sin2π4νI˘J^x1-J^=1nωJ^.2sin2π4νI˘J^x1-J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^xωJ^

which implies that

J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^xωJ^1-J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^xωJ^.

Hence, from all the above Equations, we get

ST-SFWAI˘1,,I˘nST-SFWGI˘1,,I˘n.

Theorem 12

Let I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^xJ^=1,,n and I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x are SFNs. Then,

ST-SFWAI˘1I˘nST-SFWAI˘1I˘nST-SFWGI˘1I˘nST-SFWGI˘1I˘n 28

Proof

Here, we prove only the first part, while the other parts can be deduced similarly, for this, let I˘J^=μI˘J^x,ηI˘J^x,νI˘J^x and I˘=μI˘x,ηI˘x,νI˘x, since both I˘J^ and I˘ are SFNs.

ST-SFWAI˘1I˘nI˘=1-J^=1n1-sinπ21-1-μI˘J^2x1-μI˘2xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^x.ηI˘xωJ^,J^=1n2sinπ4νI˘J^x.νI˘xωJ^

and

ST-SFWAI˘1I˘nI˘=1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μI˘J^x.μI˘xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^x.ηI˘xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^x.νI˘xωJ^

For μI˘J^x,μI˘x0,1 and Lemma (3), we have 1-1-μI˘J^2x1-μI˘2xμI˘J^x.μI˘x. Since “sine” is an increasing function, we get sinπ21-1-μI˘J^x1-μI˘xsinπ2μI˘J^x.μI˘x, which gives that

1-sinπ21-1-μI˘J^2x1-μI˘2x1-sinπ2μI˘J^2x.μI˘2xJ^=1n1-sinπ21-1-μI˘J^2x1-μI˘2xωJ^J^=1n1-sinπ2μI˘J^2x.μI˘2xωJ^1-J^=1n1-sinπ21-1-μI˘J^2x1-μI˘2xωJ^1-J^=1n1-sinπ2μI˘J^2x.μI˘2xωJ^

Similarly the neutral and negative grade, we get

J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^x.ηI˘xωJ^J^=1n2sin2π4ηI˘J^x.ηI˘xωJ^,J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^x.νI˘xωJ^J^=1n2sin2π4νI˘J^x.νI˘xωJ^

Therefore, from the above equation, we get

ST-SFWAI˘1I˘nST-SFWAI˘1I˘n

Decision-making approach

This section provides a strategy, preceded by an example, to solve the DM problem. For this reason, let it be the m alternative γ^1,,γ^m that is evaluated by a group of experts under the n different attribute G˘1,,G˘n. That expert test γ^i and G˘j and gives their preferences in terms of SFNs αijκ=μijκ,ηijκ,νijκ where i=11m; j=11n; κ=11d. Then, the value of every alternative γ^i with the G˘j is shown as;

γ^i=G˘1,αi1,G˘2,αi2,,G˘n,αin, 29

let ωj>0 be the normalized weights of attribute G˘j. The following steps are taken to calculate the best choice.

  • Step 1: In terms of decision matrix, summarize the values of each alternative D^κ=αijκ with SFS information.

  • Step 2: Aggregate the different preferences αijκ, κ=1,,d into αij=μij,ηij,νij utilizing either ST-SFWA or ST-SFWG by operators.

  • Step 3: Establish the normalized decision matrix R=rij from D^=αij, where rij is computed as
    rij=μij,ηij,νijif benefit type attributesνij,ηij,μijif cost type attributes 30
  • Step 4: If the weights of the attributes are known as before, then use them. Otherwise, we measure these using the entropy principle. For this, the information entropy of attribute G˘j is given as;
    Ξj=12-1mj=1msinπ41+μij-ηij-νij+sinπ41-μij+ηij+νij-1, 31
    where 12-1m is a constant for assuring 0Ξj1.
    Based on the Equation 31, the weights of the attributes are obtained as ω=ω1,,ωn, where
    ωj=1-Ξjn-j=1nΞj 32
  • Step 5: With weight vector ω and using the proposed ST-SFOWA or ST-SFOWG aggregation operators, the collective values ri for each alternative γ^i are calculated.

  • Step 6: Find the score values of rii=1,,m

  • Step 7: Grade all the possible alternative γ^ii=1,,m and select the most desirable alternative(s).

Illustrative example

In this section, the results of the established MAGDM approach are reviewed with the example and their results are compared with those of the current MAGDM approaches.

Application of the proposed MAGDM method

Selection of an authentic lab for the COVID-19 test.

COVID-19 is a pandemic disease. “CO” stands for Corona, “VI” stands for Virus, and “D” stands for Disease. Simply, this disease is called “Corona Virus 2019”. Some people infected with the COVID-19 virus suffer from respiratory failure, and some recover without needing special treatment. Older people and those with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disorders and cancer are more likely to experience serious illnesses. In most cases, COVID-19 spreads via the sneezing or coughing of an infected person. It is also important to observe the respiratory protocol, for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow. There are currently definite vaccines or medications available for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Nevertheless, scientists and pharmacists are working hard to test new therapies through clinical trials.

Different countries are seeking to monitor and reduce the spread of this virus by quarantining people, restricting travel, monitoring and treating patients, performing contact tracing and canceling large-scale gatherings. This pandemic is moving like a waveone that has quickly infected a lot of people in a few months. We may say that COVID-19 is much more than just a health issue. COVID-19 adversely affects the cultural , social and political environments of any nation in the world.

For such a serious situation as COVID-19, it is mandatory for people who have symptoms of this infection to take a medical test. For this reason, an authentic lab was needed. The main aim of this application is to choose an authentic lab from various laboratories for the COVID-19 test by applying the ST-SFWA and ST-SFWG operators.

Assume that the five labs γ^1,γ^2,γ^3,γ^4, and γ^5 were assessed by three experts E(1),E(2) and E(3) for funding focused on three attribute, which are given below,

G˘1 denoted time limits,

G˘2 denoted accurate results,

G˘3 denoted location flexibility for the client.

Assume that ω=(0.33,0.37,0.30) is the experts weight information and assessment of the decision matrices using SFNs in the following Table 1, 2 and 3. Then, we proceed to the selection of the appropriate alternative (lib).

  • Step 1: The evaluation of each expert is summarized in Table 1, 2 and 3.

  • Step 2. By taking the weight of the experts i.e., ω=(0.33,0.37,0.30)T and utilize the ST-SFWA operator to achieve the collective data on each alternative of the expert. The result are shown in Table 4.

  • Step 3: Almost all the three attributes are just to be the benefit types, then normalization are not needed.

  • Step 4: Since the attributes weight are completely unknown. Thus, by utilizing the data of the Table 2 and idea of the entropy Equ. (31). We obtain the values;
    Ξ1=0.9498,Ξ2=0.9194,Ξ3=0.8750.
    By the help of this, we find the attribute weights ω=0.3461,0.3351,0.3188T. In Fig. 1, we show graphically the weight vector of the attributes as;
  • Step 5: Based on ω=0.3461,0.3351,0.3188T and utilizing the ST-PFWA operator, the collective values of each alternatives are gain as;
    γ1=0.452,0.474,0.383,γ2=0.552,0.361,0.284,γ3=0.621,0.243,0.264,γ4=0.398,0.528,0.424,γ5=0.628,0.343,0.297.
  • Step 6: We can get the scores of each alternative by using the Equ. (3);
    S¯c(γ1)=0.543,S¯c(γ2)=0.629,S¯c(γ3)=0.600,S¯c(γ4)=0.502,S¯c(γ5)=0.674.
  • Step 7: According to the score values as S¯c(γ5)>S¯c(γ2)>S¯c(γ3)>S¯c(γ1)>S¯c(γ4). Thus, the ranking order is γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4. Hence, γ^5 is the best alternative.

During Step 5 of the established method, the complete analysis by changing aggregation operators is analyzed and their results are shown in Table 5.

Table 1.

Decision matrix given by expert E(1)

G˘1 G˘2 G˘3
γ^1 (0.29, 0.54, 0.61) (0.44, 0.59, 0.56) (0.60, 0.31, 0.33)
γ^2 (0.54, 0.44, 0.63) (0.61, 0.48, 0.54) (0.55, 0.34, 0.36)
γ^3 (0.27, 0.65, 0.68) (0.73, 0.43, 0.42) (0.51, 0.55, 0.27)
γ^4 (0.30, 0.22, 0.63) (0.60, 0.47, 0.63) (0.46, 0.47, 0.37)
γ^5 (0.54, 0.55, 0.49) (0.71, 0.54, 0.42) (0.41, 0.53, 0.46)
Table 2.

Decision matrix given by expert E(2)

G˘1 G˘2 G˘3
γ^1 (0.42, 0.34, 0.68) (0.56, 0.47, 0.37) (0.74, 0.26, 0.30)
γ^2 (0.78, 0.42, 0.44) (0.67, 0.24, 0.49) (0.81, 0.20, 0.29)
γ^3 (0.59, 0.37, 0.51) (0.44, 0.62, 0.34) (0.46, 0.44, 0.53)
γ^4 (0.47, 0.39, 0.54) (0.49, 0.58, 0.42) (0.34, 0.66, 0.40)
γ^5 (0.56, 0.36, 0.48) (0.50, 0.25, 0.55) (0.52, 0.35, 0.53)
Table 3.

Decision matrix given by expert E(3)

G˘1 G˘2 G˘3
γ^1 (0.53, 0.27, 0.36) (0.51, 0.31, 0.48) (0.55, 0.33, 0.42)
γ^2 (0.61, 0.38, 0.51) (0.54, 0.47, 0.29) (0.65, 0.29, 0.55)
γ^3 (0.58, 0.45, 0.27) (0.59, 0.33, 0.68) (0.61, 0.42, 0.38)
γ^4 (0.42, 0.39, 0.57) (0.58, 0.26, 0.52) (0.81, 0.23, 0.49)
γ^5 (0.26, 0.64, 0.50) (0.27, 0.59, 0.44) (0.44, 0.39, 0.57)
Table 4.

Aggregated values of experts using ST-SFWA operator

G˘1 G˘2 G˘3
γ^1 0.561,0.274,0.371 0.642,0.242,0.362 0.428,0.514,0.283
γ^2 0.472,0.383,0.481 0.361,0.462,0.391 0.615,0.326,0.527
γ^3 0.421,0.281,0.634 0.526,0.373,0.473 0.426,0.512,0.249
γ^4 0.631,0.193,0.263 0.438,0.254,0.187 0.369,0.417,0.532
γ^5 0.386,0.562,0.362 0.297,0.393,0.541 0.335,0.318,0.436
Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Graphical representation of the score values of the Table 6

Table 5.

Impact of different AOs and their ranking

Operators Score values Ranking
γ^1 γ^2 γ^3 γ^4 γ^5
ST-SFOWA 0.543 0.629 0.600 0.502 0.674 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
ST-SFHA 0.484 0.573 0.542 0.425 0.591 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
ST-SFOWG 0.534 0.716 0.642 0.587 0.753 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^4>γ^1
ST-SFHG 0.663 0.753 0.711 0.638 0.776 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4

We can, therefore, conclude from all the above-mentioned computational process that the alternative γ^2 is really the best option amongst the other options and therefore it is strongly recommended that the appropriate option is γ^2.

Comparative analysis

In this subsection, we give some brief discussion on the comparison of the proposed method with some well know related methods.

The comparison of the developed approach with the existing approaches to examine the reliability and effectiveness of the explored method. The established method are compared with the some other methods based on SFS was established by Ashraf et al. (2019a), Spherical fuzzy Dombi aggregation operators and their application in group DM problems, Ashraf et al. (2019b), Spherical fuzzy sets and its representation of Spherical fuzzy t-norms and t-conorms, Kutlu Gundogdu and Kahraman (2018), Spherical fuzzy sets and Spherical fuzzy TOPSIS method, Mahmood et al. (2019), An approach toward DM and medical diagnosis problems using the concept of Spherical fuzzy sets, Rafiq et al. (2019), The cosine similarity measures of Spherical fuzzy sets and their applications in DM, Zeng et al. (2019), Covering-based Spherical fuzzy rough set model hybrid with TOPSIS for multiple attribute DM.

Table 6.

Ranking order of the proposed operators and existing methods

Methods Score values Ranking
γ^1 γ^2 γ^3 γ^4 γ^5
ST-SFOWA 0.543 0.629 0.600 0.502 0.674 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
ST-SFHA 0.484 0.573 0.542 0.425 0.591 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
ST-SFOWG 0.534 0.716 0.642 0.587 0.753 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^4>γ^1
ST-SFHG 0.663 0.753 0.711 0.638 0.776 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
Ashraf et al. (2019a) 0.761 0.832 0.804 0.746 0.855 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
Ashraf et al. (2019b) 0.529 0.638 0.593 0.514 0.664 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
Kutlu Gundogdu and Kahraman (2018) 0.669 0.746 0.707 0.653 0.773 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
Mahmood et al. (2019) 0.227 0.311 0.274 0.158 0.352 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
Rafiq et al. (2019) 0.478 0.539 0.512 0.464 0.587 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4
Zeng et al. (2019) 0.421 0.515 0.465 0.388 0.532 γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4

From the outcomes of the proposed operators and the other existing methods, we conclude that ranking lists obtained from both the defined method and the compared methods are slightly different, but the best alternative from all the approaches is same. Thus, the sine trigonometric aggregation operators with the Spherical fuzzy set environment is a good idea to solve DM problems, and there are many hindrances which can be solved by using our proposed theory. The sine trigonometric aggregation operators with the Spherical fuzzy set environment are more flexible and easy approach and the best alternative can be obtained by a short process. Thus, the result obtained from the defined method are more accurate and closest. In Fig. 2, we show graphically the ranking of the alternatives based on their score values by using different methods.

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Graphical representation of the ranking of Table 6

Verification

In this portion, the obtain results are verified by TOPSIS and VIKOR methods.

By TOPSIS Method

Here, we verify the numerical problem given in Sect. 7 by TOPSIS method. We have the aggregated information by ST-SFWA operator in Table 4. We will apply TOPSIS method on the data given in Table 4.

To solve the mentioned problem in Sect. 7, we follow the steps of TOPSIS method as follows.

  • Step 1 Normalize the decision matrix given in Table 4. Here is no need of normalization as all the measure values are of same type, i.e., benefit type.

  • Step 2 Identifying the PIS R+and NIS R-, which are defined as,
    R+=(ζ1+,,ζ5+),R-=(ζ1-,,ζ5-). 33
    Where
    ζj+=max{ζij/1i5}andζj-=min{ζij/1i5}. 34
    Which are calculated using the score function,
    S¯cI˘=μI˘x+ηI˘x-νI˘x. 35
  • Step 3 Calculate the distance for each alternative to R+ and R- using the proposed distance measures with attribute weight vector ω=0.3461,0.3351,0.3188.i.e.,
    di+=Σj=1mwj(ζj+-ζij)2. 36
    And
    di-=Σj=1mwj(ζj--ζij)2. 37
  • Step 4 Calculate the closeness coefficients to the ideal solution by each alternative by applying the Equation,
    cci=di-/(di-+di+)(i=1,..,5). 38
    The overall closeness coefficients are obtained.
  • Step 5 Ranking the alternatives using the score function of SFNs and select the best one. We have the ranking result as
    γ^5>γ^2>γ^3>γ^1>γ^4.
    All the calculation results and the alternatives ranking is given in Table 7. According to the calculations of overall coefficients, the best one with largest closeness coefficient is γ^5.

Hence, by TOPSIS method, it is again verified that γ^5 is the most suitable robot to be selected by the manufacturing unit.

Table 7.

Calculation Results and Ranking of the Alternatives

Alternatives Distance for alternative to PIS (di+) Distance for alternative to NIS (di-) Closeness coefficients to the ideal solution of alternative (cci) Rank
γ^1 0.172 0.111 0.392 4
γ^2 0.201 0.154 0.434 2
γ^3 0.213 0.149 0.412 3
γ^4 0.372 0.131 0.261 5
γ^5 0.156 0.163 0.511 1

By VIKOR ethod

Here, we solve the numerical problem given in Sect. 7 by VIKOR method. The aggregated values of all the individual experts evaluation information based on ST-SFWA operator is given in Table 4. For this purpose using ω=0.3461,0.3351,0.3188T as the attribute weight vector, we will apply VIKOR method on the information given in Table 4.

Now, to solve the problem using the VIKOR method, the following steps are utilized.

  • Step 1 Normalize the decision matrix given in Table 4. Here is no need of normalization as all the measure values are of same type, i.e., benefit type.

  • Step 2 Identifying the PIS R+and NIS R-. The PIS R+and NIS R- are defined as follows:

R+=(ζ1+,,ζ5+),R-=(ζ1-,,ζ5-). 39

Where

ζj+=max{ζij/1i5}andζj-=min{ζij/1i5}. 40

Which are calculated using the score function S¯cI˘=μI˘x+ηI˘x-νI˘x.

  • Step 3 Calculate the values Si, Ri and Qi can be obtained using equations,
    Si=j=1mwjd(ζij,ζj+)d(ζj+,ζj-). 41
    Ri=maxijmwjd(ζij,ζj+)d(ζj+,ζj-). 42
    And
    Qi=v(Si-S)(S--S)+(1-v)(Ri-R)(R--R). 43
    Assume v=0.5, then the calculated results are shown in the Table 8. Also,
    S=0.42,S-=0.76,R=0.33,R-=0.421.
  • Step 4 Rank the alternatives by sorting each Si, Ri, and Qi values in an decreasing order. The values of Qi are ranked as
    Q4>Q1>Q3>Q2>Q5.
  • Step 5 Propose a compromise solution, from the ranking results, it can be seen thatγ^5, which is ranked the best by measure Q5, is the compromise solution. Thus, both the methods (TOPSIS, VIKOR) have been successfully applied for the verification of the results given by the proposed ST-SFWA aggregation operators for the bset alternative selection. Alternative γ^5 is the highest ranked. Hence verified that γ^5 is the best alternative among all.

Table 8.

Ranking of the Alternatives

Alternatives Si Ri Qi Rank
γ^1 0.731 0.253 0.798 4
γ^2 0.637 0.163 0.431 2
γ^3 0.698 0.234 0.728 3
γ^4 0.912 0.320 0.891 5
γ^5 0.401 0.172 0.00 1

Conclusion

A research relating to aggregation operators was investigated in this study by establishing some new sine trigonometric operation laws for SFSs. During decision-making problems, the well-defined operation laws play a major role. On the other hand, the sine trigonometric function has both the characteristics of the periodicity and the symmetrical nature of the origin and, therefore, the most likely to satisfy the experts preference over a multi-time period. Therefore, we describe some sine trigonometric operation laws for SFNs and study their properties to take these advantages and make a decision smoother and more important. We have defined various average and geometric AOs on the basis of these operators to club decision makers preference. The different elementary relations between the aggregation operators are discussed and explained in detail. We developed a new MAGDM approach for group DM problems in which goals are classify in terms of SFNs to enforce the proposed laws on decision-making problems. Furthermore, we compute the weight of the attribute by combining the subjective and the objective data in terms of measure. The functionality of the proposed method is applied on an example of selection of an authentic COVID-19 laboratory, and superiority and feasibility of the approach are investigated in detail. A comparative study is often carried out with current works to verify its performance.

In the future, we will use the framework built on new multiple attribute assessment models to tackle fuzziness and ambiguity in a variety of DM parameters, such as design choices, building options, site selection, DM problems, monarch butterfly optimization (MBO) (Feng et al. 2018; Wang et al. 2019d; Feng et al. 2019, 2020), earthworm optimization algorithm (EWA) (Wang et al. 2018a), elephant herding optimization (EHO) (Law et al. 2004; Wang et al. 2016; Li et al. 2020), moth search (MS) algorithm (Wang 2018b), Slime mould algorithm (SMA), and Harris hawks optimization (HHO).

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University for supporting this work by grant number 19-SCI-101-0056.

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