Novel intuitionistic fuzzy decision making models in the framework of decision field theory

The intuitionistic fuzzy decision making problems have gained great popularity recently. Most of the current methods depend on various aggregation operators that provide collective intuitionistic fuzzy values of alternatives to be ranked. Such collective information only depicts the overall characteristics of the alternatives but ignores the detailed contrasts among them. Most important of all, the current decision making procedure is not in accordance with the way that the decision makers (DMs) think about the decision making problems. In this paper, we develop a novel intuitionistic fuzzy decision making model in the framework of decision field theory. The decision making model emphasizes the contrasts among alternatives with respect to each attribute that competes and influences each other, and thus, the preferences for alternatives can dynamically evolve and provide the final optimal result. After that, we develop an intuitionistic fuzzy group decision making model based on decision field theory, and then make a practical case study on the application of the developed models to the "one belt, one road" investment decision making problems. Finally, we point out the characteristics and the limitations of our models in detail. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.