International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems

Volume 14, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 1653 - 1671

Some Cosine Similarity Measures and Distance Measures between Complex q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets and Their Applications

Authors
Peide Liu1, *, ORCID, Zeeshan Ali2, Tahir Mahmood2, ORCID
1School of Management Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan, 250015, China
2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
*Corresponding author. Email: peide.liu@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Peide Liu
Received 21 March 2021, Accepted 25 May 2021, Available Online 10 June 2021.
DOI
10.2991/ijcis.d.210528.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Complex q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets; Cosine similarity measures; Cosine distance measures; Technique for an order of preference by similarity to ideal solution
Abstract

As a modification of the q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (QROFSs), complex QROFSs (CQROFSs) can describe the inaccurate information by complex-valued truth grades with an additional term, named as phase term. Cosine similarity measures (CSMs) and distance measures (DMs) are important tools to verify the grades of discrimination between the two sets. In this manuscript, we develop some CSMs and DMs for CQROFSs. Firstly, the CSMs and Euclidean DMs (EDMs) for CQROFSs and their properties are investigated. Because the CSMs do not keep the axiom of similarity measure (SM), we investigate a technique to develop other SMs based on CQROFSs, and they meet the axiom of the SMs. Moreover, we propose a cosine DM (CDM) based on CQROFSs by considering the interrelationship among the SMs and DMs, then we propose an extended TOPSIS method to solve the multi-attribute decision-making problems. Finally, we provide some sensible examples to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of the suggested procedure, at the same time, the graphical representations of the developed measures are also utilized in this manuscript.

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1. INTRODUCTION

For a real example, when an institute chooses whether to enroll a tutoring team, a ten-representative committee of authorities evaluated the selected persons, seven of them approved to employ these persons, two of them gave negative opinion, and the additional one did not give any judgment. To characterize this result, an intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) was presented by Atanassov [1] to express this kind of information by including a falsity grade based on the fuzzy set (FS) [2] The truth and the falsity in IFS meet a rule that the sum of both of them is restricted to [0, 1]. Now IFS has received extensive attentions from many scholars and has been widely utilized in the different decision areas [37]. Due to some complications of decision environment, sometimes, it is difficult for IFS to describe some daily life issues, for instance, if a person gives 0.6 for truth grade and 0.5 for falsity, then the sum of both values is beyond the scope of [0, 1], the IFS is not able to express this type of information accurately. Therefore, Yager [8] proposed the Pythagorean FS (PFS) which is a proficient and capable technique to express complex information for the decision-making problems. The truth and falsity in PFS meet a rule that the sum of the squares of them is in [0, 1]. The PFS has been widely utilized in the different decision making areas [914]. Similarly, if a person gives 0.9 for truth grade and 0.8 for falsity, then the sum of the squares of both values is not in [0, 1], the PFS is not able to express this type of information accurately. Therefore, Yager [15] proposed the q-rung orthopair FS (QROFS) to solve this issue. The truth and falsity in QROFS meet a rule that the sum of the q-powers of them is restricted to [0, 1]. Now the QROFS has received extensive attentions from many scholars and has been widely utilized in the different areas [1619].

To process complex fuzzy information, the truth and falsity degrees are modified from a real subset to the unit disc of the complex plane, and then Alkouri and Salleh [20] established the complex IFS (CIFS) by including the complex-valued falsity on the basis of complex FS (CFS) [21] to handle complex information. The truth and falsity in CIFS meet the rule that the sum of the real parts (also for imaginary parts) of them is restricted to [0, 1]. The CIFS has received extensive attentions from many scholars and has been widely utilized in the different areas [2225]. However, the CIFS is not able to process some problems, for instance, if a person gives 0.6ei2π7 for truth grade and 0.5ei2π6 for falsity, then the sum of the real parts (also for imaginary parts) of both values is beyond the scope of [0, 1]. Therefore, Ullah et al. [26] proposed the complex PFS (CPFS) in which the truth and falsity meet the rule that the sum of the squares of the real parts (also for imaginary parts) of them is restricted to [0, 1]. The CPFS has received extensive attentions from scholars and has been widely utilized in the different areas [27]. Similarly, if a person gives 0.9ei2π8 for truth grade and 0.8ei2π7 for falsity, then the sum of the squares of the real parts (also for imaginary parts) of them is beyond the scope of [0, 1], the CPFS is not able to describe this type of information accurately. Therefore, Liu et al. [28,29] proposed the complex QROFS (CQROFS) in which the truth and falsity meet the rule that the sum of the q-powers of the real parts (also for imaginary parts) of them is restricted to [0, 1]. The CQROFS has received extensive attentions from many scholars and has been widely utilized in the different areas [3036].

In real decision problems, we go over numerous circumstances where we need to measure the vulnerability existing in the information to get one ideal choice. Data measures are significant tools for taking care of uncertain information presented in our day-to-day life issues. Different measures of information, such as similarity, distance, entropy, and inclusion, can process the uncertain information and facilitate us to reach some conclusions. Recently, these measures have gained much attention from many scholars due to their wide applications in various fields, such as pattern recognition, medical diagnosis, clustering analysis, and image segment. All the prevailing approaches of decision-making, based on information measures for PFS and QROFS, can only deal with the real-valued truth and falsity grades. In CQROFS, truth and falsity grades are complex-values and are represented in polar coordinates. The amplitudes corresponding to truth and falsity degrees give the extents of membership and nonmembership of an object in a CQROFS with a rule that the sum of the q-powers of the real and unreal parts of both grades is restricted to the unit interval. The phase parts are novel parameters of the truth and falsity degrees added from traditional QROFS. QROFS can deal with only one dimension at a time, which results in information loss in some instances. However, in real life, we come across complex natural phenomena where only one dimensional information cannot express fully the evaluation value, and the second dimensional information is needed to express the truth and falsity grades. By adding the second dimension, the complete information can be projected in one set, and hence, loss of information can be avoided. To illustrate the significance of the phase term, we give an example. Assume XYZ organization chooses to set up biometric-based participation gadgets (BBPGs) in the entirety of its workplaces spread everywhere in the country. For this, the organization counsels a specialist who gives the data concerning (i) demonstrates of BBPGs and (ii) creation dates of BBPGs. The organization needs to choose the most ideal model of BBPGs with its creation date all the while. Here, this issue is two-dimensional, to be specific, the model of BBPGs and the creation date of BBPGs. This kind of issue cannot be expressed precisely by the conventional QROFS. The most ideal approach to address this problem is by utilizing the CQROFS. The amplitudes in CQROFS might be utilized to give the organization's choice regarding the model of BBPGs and the phase parts might be utilized to address the organization's judgment concerning the creation date of BBPGs.

In addition, cosine similarity is one of the most important measures, which can not only compare one data entity with others but also show the extents of association between them and their direction. Also, CQROFSs have a powerful ability to model the imprecise and ambiguous information in real-world applications than the existing information expressions such as CFSs, CIFSs, CPFSs. Besides, the SM is a valid tool to examine the interrelationships among any number of CQROFSs, and it has been utilized to different areas [34]. Rani and Garg [23] investigated the distance similarity by using CIFS. Garg and Rani [37] proposed some information measures based on CIFS. Garg and Rani [24] developed the robust correlation coefficient based on CIFS. But up to date, the SMs for CQROFSs have not been investigated. Because the CQROFSs are a reliable technique to express complex fuzzy information, and the SM is an important tool for decision-making problems, it is necessary to develop some SMs for CQROFSs. Therefore, keeping the advantages of SMs and CQROFSs, the main investigations of this manuscript are summarized as follows:

  1. The cosine similarity measures (CSMs) and Euclidean distance measures (EDMs) for CQROFSs and their properties are investigated.

  2. Considering that the CSMs do not meet the axiom of similarity measure (SM), some new SMs based on CQROFSs using the explored CSMs and EDMs are developed, which meets the axiom of the SMs.

  3. Cosine DMs (CDMs) based on CQROFSs by considering the interrelationship among the SM and DMs are proposed and an extended TOPSIS method is developed.

  4. Some examples are given to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of the suggested procedure.

  5. The graphical representations of the developed measures are also given in this manuscript.

This manuscript is summarized as follows: In Section 2, we briefly recall the concept of CIFSs, CPFSs, CQROFSs, and their fundamental laws. In Section 3, we develop the CSMs and DMs by using CQROFNs. In Section 4, we develop the TOPSIS method based on the investigated measures. In Section 5, we give a comparative analysis of the proposed work with some existing approaches. The conclusion of this manuscript is discussed in Section 6.

2. PRELIMINARIES

In this work, we recall the main ideas of CIFSs, CPFSs, CQROFSs, and their fundamental laws. We use the symbol O for universal sets and the truth and falsity degrees are shown by MCQ and NCQ, where MCQo=MRPoei2πMIPo and NCQo=NRPoei2πNIPo.

Definition 1.

[20] A CIFS CQ is demonstrated by

CQ=MCQo,NCQo:oO(1)
where MCQo=MRPoei2πMIPo and NCQo=NRPoei2πNIPo express the truth degree and the falsity degree with 0MRPo+NRPo1 and 0MIPo+NIPo1. Moreover, the term CQo=RPoei2πIP=1MRPoNRPoei2π1MIPoNIPo expresses the degree of indeterminacy.

Definition 2.

[26] A CPFS CQ is demonstrated by

CQ=MCQo,NCQo:oO(2)
where MCQo=MRPoei2πMIPo and NCQo=NRPoei2πNIPo express the truth degree and the falsity degree with 0MRP2o+NRP2o1 and 0MIP2o+NIP2o1. Moreover, the term CQo=RPoei2πIP=1MRP2oNRP2o12ei2π1MIP2oNIP2o12 expresses the degree of indeterminacy.

Definition 3.

[28,29] A CQROFS CQ is demonstrated by

CQ=MCQo,NCQo:oO(3)
where MCQo=MRPoei2πMIPo and NCQo=NRPoei2πNIPo express the truth degree and the falsity degree with 0MRPqCQo+NRPqCQo1 and 0MIPqCQo+NIPqCQo1,qCQ1. Moreover, the term CQo=RPoei2πIP=1MRPqCQoNRPqCQo1qCQei2π1MIPqCQoNIPqCQo1qCQ expresses the degree of indeterminacy. Throughout, this manuscript, the complex q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers (CQROFNs) are shown by CQ=MRPei2πMIP,NRPei2πNIP. Further, we define the score and accuracy values such that
SCQCQ=12MRPqCQ+MIPqCQNRPqCQNIPqCQ,SCQCQ1,1(4)
CQCQ=12MRPqCQ+MIPqCQ+NRPqCQ+NIPqCQ,CQCQ0,1(5)

To find the relationships between any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1ei2πMIP1,NRP1ei2πNIP1 and CQ2=MRP2ei2πMIP2,NRP2ei2πNIP2, we use the following rules:

  1. If SCQCQ1>SCQCQ2CQ1>CQ2;

  2. If SCQCQ1<SCQCQ2CQ1<CQ2;

  3. If SCQCQ1=SCQCQ2;

    1. If CQCQ1>CQCQ2CQ1>CQ2;

    2. If CQCQ1<CQCQ2CQ1<CQ2.

3. CSMs AND DMs BETWEEN CQROFSs

In this part, some CSMs and DMs for CQROFSs are proposed.

Definition 4.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the CSM CSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is demonstrated by

CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1n˜i=1n˜MRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi(6)

Theorem 1.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the CSM CSMCQCQ1,CQ2 holds the following conditions:

  1. 0CSMCQCQ1,CQ21;

  2. CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=CSMCQCQ2,CQ1;

  3. CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 if CQ1=CQ2 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2.

Proof:

Based on Definition 4, conditions (1) and (2) are straightforward. Moreover, if we choose the CQ1=CQ2, that is, MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2, then

CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1n˜i=1n˜MRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi=1n˜i=1n˜MRP1qCQoiMRP1qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP1qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP1qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP1qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi=1n˜i=1n˜MRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi12+12=1.

Hence, we obtain CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1.

By using the weight vector ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜ with i=1n˜ΩWVi=1,ΩWVi0,1, then the WCSM is given by

Definition 5.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the WCSM WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is defined by

WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=i=1n˜ΩWViMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi(7)

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O, if we choose the weight vector ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜=1n˜,1n˜,,1n˜, then the WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is reduced to CSMCQCQ1,CQ2.

Theorem 2.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the WCSM WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2 holds the following conditions:

  1. 0WCSMCQCQ1,CQ21;

  2. WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=WCSMCQCQ2,CQ1;

  3. WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 if CQ1=CQ2 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2.

Proof:

All are omitted.

Example 1.

Based on the universal set O=o1,o2,o3,o4,o5, two CQROFNs are CQ1=o1,0.2ei2π0.21,0.5ei2π0.51,o2,0.4ei2π0.41,0.2ei2π0.21,o3,0.5ei2π0.51,0.4ei2π0.41,o4,0.3ei2π0.31,0.3ei2π0.31,o5,0.7ei2π0.71,0.1ei2π0.11 andCQ2=o1,0.2ei2π0.21,0.7ei2π0.71,o2,0.6ei2π0.61,0.3ei2π0.31,o3,0.4ei2π0.41,0.3ei2π0.31,o4,0.4ei2π0.41,0.4ei2π0.41,o5,0.6ei2π0.61,0.1ei2π0.11, further, suppose qCQ=3, and ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,ΩWV3,ΩWV4,ΩWV5=0.35,0.2,0.1,0.15,0.2, then we can get WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=0.99938. If we ignore the imaginary parts in all the above information, then we get WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=0.999438, which is discussed in Ref. [38]. When an SM holds the conditions of SMs, then it is called the original SM.

Lemma 1.

For any two FSs CQ1 and CQ2, if an SM SMCQCQ1,CQ2 holds the following axioms:

  1. 0SMCQCQ1,CQ21;

  2. SMCQCQ1,CQ2=SMCQCQ2,CQ1;

  3. SMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 if CQ1=CQ2.

Then, we say that the SMCQCQ1,CQ2 is called the original SM. Where the DM is given by DMCQCQ1,CQ2=1SMCQCQ1,CQ2 based on SM. Moreover, we develop the EDM EDMCQCQ1,CQ2, which is demonstrated below.

Definition 6.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the EDM EDMCQCQ1,CQ2 is defined by

EDMCQCQ1,CQ2=14n˜oiOMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi212(8)

By using the weight vector ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜ meeting i=1n˜ΩWVi=1,ΩWVi0,1, then the WEDM WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2 is defined below.

WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=14oiOΩWViMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi212(9)

Theorem 3.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2 holds the following conditions:

  1. 0WEDMCQCQ1,CQ21;

  2. WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=WEDMCQCQ2,CQ1;

  3. WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=0 if CQ1=CQ2 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2.

Proof:

  1. Based on Definition 6, we know that 0MRP1,MRP2,MIP1,MIP2NRP1,NRP2,NIP1,NIP21 and the parameter qCQ>0, then 0MRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi21,0MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi21,0NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi21 and 0NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi21. Therefore, 0WEDMCQCQ1,CQ214124oiOΩWVi12=1.

  2. By using Definition 6, we easily obtain the WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=WEDMCQCQ2,CQ1.

  3. WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=0MRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2=0, MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2=0,NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2=0, NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi2=0 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2CQ1=CQ2.

Definition 7.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the new SM NSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is demonstrated by

NSMCQCQ1,CQ2=CSMCQCQ1,CQ2+1EDMCQCQ1,CQ22(10)
where
CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1n˜i=1n˜MRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi
EDMCQCQ1,CQ2=14n˜oiOMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi212

By using the weight vector ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜ meeting i=1n˜ΩWVi=1,ΩWVi0,1, then the weighted new SM WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is defined as follows.

Definition 8.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is demonstrated by

NSMCQCQ1,CQ2=WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2+1WEDMCQCQ1,CQ22(11)
where
WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=i=1n˜ΩWViMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi
WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=14oiOΩWViMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi212

If we choose the vector ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜=1n˜,1n˜,,1n˜, then the WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2 is reduced to NSMCQCQ1,CQ2.

Theorem 4.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the WNSM WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2 holds the following conditions:

  1. 0WNSMCQCQ1,CQ21;

  2. WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2=WNSMCQCQ2,CQ1;

  3. WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 iff CQ1=CQ2 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2.

Proof:

  1. Based on Definition 8 and Theorem 2, we know that 0WCSMCQCQ1,CQ21 for the parameter qCQ>0, then 0WEDMCQCQ1,CQ21, then by using Lemma 1, we obtain 0WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2+1WEDMCQCQ1,CQ221 which implies that 0WNSMCQCQ1,CQ21.

  2. By using Definition 6, Theorem 2, and Theorem 3, we easily obtain the WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2=WNSMCQCQ2,CQ1.

  3. When CQ1=CQ2, we know that WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 and WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=0, then WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1. In contrast, we have WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1, then WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2+1WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=1+10=2, such that CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2. For all CQROFNs 0WCSMCQCQ1,CQ21 and 0WEDMCQCQ1,CQ21 exists continuously, then WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 and WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=0, by using Theorem 3, if WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=0, then it is obviously CQ1=CQ2. Hence WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 iff CQ1=CQ2 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2.

Definition 9.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the weighted DM WDMCQCQ1,CQ2 is expressed by:

WDMCQCQ1,CQ2=1WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2+WEDMCQCQ1,CQ22(12)
where
WCSMCQCQ1,CQ2=i=1n˜ΩWViMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi
WEDMCQCQ1,CQ2=14oiOΩWViMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi212

If we choose the weight vector ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜=1n˜,1n˜,,1n˜, then the WDMCQCQ1,CQ2 is reduced to DMCQCQ1,CQ2.

Definition 10.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the weighted DM WDMCQCQ1,CQ2 is defined by

WDMCQCQ1,CQ2=1NSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1CSMCQCQ1,CQ2+EDMCQCQ1,CQ22(13)
where
CSMCQCQ1,CQ2=1n˜i=1n˜MRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoiMRP12qCQoi+MIP12qCQoi+NRP12qCQoi+NIP12qCQoi×MRP22qCQoi+MIP22qCQoi+NRP22qCQoi+NIP22qCQoi
EDMCQCQ1,CQ2=14n˜oiOMRP1qCQoiMRP2qCQoi2+MIP1qCQoiMIP2qCQoi2+NRP1qCQoiNRP2qCQoi2+NIP1qCQoiNIP2qCQoi212

Theorem 5.

For any two CQROFNs CQ1=MRP1oiei2πMIP1oi,NRP1oiei2πNIP1oi and CQ2=MRP2oiei2πMIP2oi,NRP2oiei2πNIP2oi,i=1,2,,...,n˜, based on a universal set O=o1,o2,,on˜, then the WDMCQCQ1,CQ2 holds the following conditions:

  1. 0WDMCQCQ1,CQ21;

  2. WDMCQCQ1,CQ2=WDMCQCQ2,CQ1;

  3. WDMCQCQ1,CQ2=1 iff CQ1=CQ2 that is MRP1=MRP2,MIP1=MIP2NRP1=NRP2,NIP1=NIP2.

Proof:

Based on Theorem 4, we obtain WDMCQCQ1,CQ2=1WNSMCQCQ1,CQ2, by Theorem 4, we easily obtain the proof of Theorem 5.

4. EXTENDED TOPSIS METHOD WITH CQROFSs

TOPSIS method is a useful tool for MADM problems, and many researches on extended TOPSIS for the different FSs are done, for example, Chen et al. [39] proposed an extended TOPSIS method for PHFLTS; Chen et al. [40] proposed a proportional interval type-2 hesitant fuzzy TOPSIS approach based on Hamacher aggregation operators and andness optimization models. Now there are no extensions of TOPSIS for CQROFSs, so it is necessary to develop TOPSIS method for CQROFSs.

In this part, we develop the extended TOPSIS method for CQROFSs. Suppose the family of alternatives is EAl=EAl1,EAl2,,EAlm˜, which is evaluated by the decision-maker concerning the attributes PAt=PAt1,PAt2,,PAtn˜ by using CQROFNs. CQij=MRPijei2πMIPij,NRPijei2πNIPij is an evaluation value of alternative EAli for attribute PAtj meeting 0MRPijqCQ+NRPijqCQ1 and 0MIPijqCQ+NIPijqCQ1,qCQ1 with ΩWV=ΩWV1,ΩWV2,,ΩWVn˜. Then the complex q-rung orthopair fuzzy decision matrix (CQROFDM) QDM=EAlijm˜×n˜=MRPijei2πMIPij,NRPijei2πNIPijm˜×n˜ is expressed as follows:

QDM=EAl11EAl12EAl12EAl1n˜EAl21EAl22EAl23EAl2n˜EAl31EAl32EAl33EAl3n˜EAlm˜1EAlm˜2EAlm˜3EAlm˜n˜

Based on the investigated CSMs, the steps of the developed decision-making procedure are as follows:

Step 1: The CQROFDM QDM=EAlijm˜×n˜=MRPijei2πMIPij,NRPijei2πNIPijm˜×n˜ is normalized. If all criteria are benefits, then we cannot do anything, but, if one criterion is cost type, then we convert the cost criteria into benefits, by

EAlij˜=M˜RPijei2πM˜IPij,N˜RPijei2πN˜IPij=MRPijei2πMIPij,NRPijei2πNIPijforbenefit typesNRPijei2πNIPij,MRPijei2πMIPijforcosttypes(14)

Step 2: the positive ideal solution (PIS) EAl+=EAl1+,EAl2+,,EAln˜+ and negative ideal solution (NIS) EAl=EAl1,EAl2,,EAln˜ are obtained by score values, which are shown as

EAlj+=maxSCQEAl1j,SCQEAl2j,.,SCQEAlm˜j,j=1,2,,n˜(15)
EAlj=minSCQEAl1j,SCQEAl2j,.,SCQEAlm˜j,j=1,2,,n˜(16)

Step 3: the closeness indexes ΨCIi andΨ'CIi, can be calculated by

ΨCIi=WDMCQCQi,EAl+WDMCQCQi,EAl++WDMCQCQi,EAl,i=1,2,,m˜(17)
ΨCIi=WNSMCQCQi,EAl+WNsMCQCQi,EAl++WNSMCQCQi,EAl,i=1,2,,m˜(18)

Step 3: rank all alternatives by the closeness indexes ΨCIi and ΨCIi.

Because the DM between the alternative EAli and PIS EAl+ is smaller and the CM between the alternative EAli and PIS EAl+ is bigger, the alternative EAli is better. So we can rank the ΨCIi from smallest to biggest, or rank the ΨCIi from biggest to smallest, and we can get the ranking orders of all alternatives from the best to worst.

Example 2.

To show the application of the investigated method, we choose the real MADM example from Ref. [38]. To increase monthly income, an enterprise wants to invest money in the market. For this, we choose four potential companies denoted by CQ1,CQ2,CQ3,CQ4 as alternatives, which are evaluated by the family of attributes shown as follows:

PAt1: Risk analysis.

PAt2: Growth analysis.

PAt3: Social Impact.

PAt4: Environment Impact.

where PAt1 is cost type, and the others are benefit types. To solve this example, suppose the weight vector of the attributes is 0.4,0.3,0.2,0.1T, then the CQROFDM is expressed shown in Table 1.

Alternatives\Attributes PAt1 PAt2 PAt3 PAt4
CQ1 0.7ei2π0.6,0.9ei2π0.8 0.91ei2π0.81,0.71ei2π0.61 0.92ei2π0.82,0.72ei2π0.62 0.93ei2π0.83,0.73ei2π0.63
CQ2 0.8ei2π0.7,0.85ei2π0.89 0.86ei2π0.9,0.81ei2π0.71 0.87ei2π0.91,0.82ei2π0.72 0.88ei2π0.92,0.83ei2π0.73
CQ3 0.6ei2π0.9,0.7ei2π0.8 0.71ei2π0.81,0.61ei2π0.91 0.72ei2π0.82,0.62ei2π0.92 0.73ei2π0.83,0.63ei2π0.93
CQ4 0.81ei2π0.61,0.85ei2π0.7 0.86ei2π0.71,0.82ei2π0.62 0.87ei2π0.72,0.83ei2π0.63 0.88ei2π0.73,0.84ei2π0.64
Table 1

Orignal decision matrix by complex q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers.

The steps of the extended TOPSIS method are shown as follows:

Step 1: The CQROFDM QDM=EAlij4˜×4˜=MRPijei2πMIPij,NRPijei2πNIPij4˜×4˜ is normalized which is shown in Table 2. (only convert the attribute PAt1).

Alternatives\Attributes PAt1 PAt2 PAt3 PAt4
CQ1 0.9ei2π0.8,0.7ei2π0.6 0.91ei2π0.81,0.71ei2π0.61 0.92ei2π0.82,0.72ei2π0.62 0.93ei2π0.83,0.73ei2π0.63
CQ2 0.85ei2π0.89,0.8ei2π0.7 0.86ei2π0.9,0.81ei2π0.71 0.87ei2π0.91,0.82ei2π0.72 0.88ei2π0.92,0.83ei2π0.73
CQ3 0.7ei2π0.8,0.6ei2π0.9 0.71ei2π0.81,0.61ei2π0.91 0.72ei2π0.82,0.62ei2π0.92 0.73ei2π0.83,0.63ei2π0.93
CQ4 0.85ei2π0.7,0.81ei2π0.61 0.86ei2π0.71,0.82ei2π0.62 0.87ei2π0.72,0.83ei2π0.63 0.88ei2π0.73,0.84ei2π0.64
Table 2

Normalized decision matrix.

Step 2: The PIS EAl+=EAl1+,EAl2+,,EAln˜+ and NIS EAl=EAl1,EAl2,,EAln˜ are obtained as follows:

EAlj+=0.93ei2π0.83,0.73ei2π0.63,0.88ei2π0.92,0.83ei2π0.73,0.7ei2π0.8,0.6ei2π0.9,0.88ei2π0.73,0.84ei2π0.64
EAlj=0.9ei2π0.8,0.7ei2π0.6,0.85ei2π0.89,0.8ei2π0.7,0.73ei2π0.83,0.63ei2π0.93,0.85ei2π0.7,0.81ei2π0.61

Step 3: WDMCQCQi,EAl+, WNSMCQCQi,EAl+ and WDMCQCQi,EAl, WNSMCQCQi,EAl are calculated shown as (qCQ=6).

WDMCQCQ1,EAl+=0.5871WDMCQCQ1,EAl=0.5871
WDMCQCQ2,EAl+=0.5835WDMCQCQ2,EAl=0.5867
WDMCQCQ3,EAl+=0.649WDMCQCQ3,EAl=0.6326
WDMCQCQ4,EAl+=0.6037WDMCQCQ4,EAl=0.5963
and
WNSMCQCQ1,EAl+=0.4129WNSMCQCQ1,EAl=0.4129
WNsMCQCQ2,EAl+=0.4165WNSMCQCQ2,EAl=0.4133
WDMCQCQ3,EAl+=0.351WNSMCQCQ3,EAl=0.3674
WNSMCQCQ4,EAl+=0.3963WNSMCQCQ4,EAl=0.4037

Then the closeness indexes ΨCIi and ΨCIi are gotten as follows:

ΨCI1=0.5,ΨCI2=0.4986,ΨCI3=0.5064,ΨCI4=0.5031
Ψ^CI1CI1=0.5,Ψ^CI2=0.5019,Ψ^CI3=0.4886,Ψ^CI4=0.4954

The graphical shows the closeness indexes in Figure 1.

Figure 1

Geometrical expressions of the Example 2.

Step 3: The ranking results can be obtained as follows:

Because

ΨCI3>ΨCI4>ΨCI1>ΨCI2
Ψ^CI2>Ψ^CI1>Ψ^CI4>Ψ^CI3

So we can get the ranking orders of four alternatives shown as CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3.

From this ranking result, the TOPSIS based on WDM and WNSM obtained the same ranking result. In Example 2, the CQROFNs are used to express the evaluation information. Moreover, we choose the complex Pythagorean fuzzy information (CPFIs) and complex intuitionistic fuzzy information (CIFIs) to solve it by using the investigated measures. To discuss the above issues, we use the following examples.

Example 3.

To show the application of the investigated procedure in the environment of the MADM technique, we choose the real MADM example from Ref. [38]. Moreover, the needed information is discussed in Example 2. To resolve the above issue, we considered the weight vector for the attributes is demonstrated by: 0.4,0.3,0.2,0.1T, then the CPFIs are expressed shown in Table 3 (which are normalized). Based on the proposed TOPSIS, the steps of the developed decision-making procedure are given as follows.

Alternatives\Attributes PAt1 PAt2 PAt3 PAt4
CQ1 0.9ei2π0.8,0.1ei2π0.2 0.91ei2π0.81,0.11ei2π0.21 0.92ei2π0.82,0.12ei2π0.22 0.93ei2π0.83,0.13ei2π0.23
CQ2 0.85ei2π0.89,0.2ei2π0.1 0.86ei2π0.9,0.21ei2π0.11 0.87ei2π0.91,0.22ei2π0.12 0.88ei2π0.92,0.23ei2π0.13
CQ3 0.7ei2π0.8,0.3ei2π0.3 0.71ei2π0.81,0.31ei2π0.31 0.72ei2π0.82,0.32ei2π0.32 0.73ei2π0.83,0.33ei2π0.33
CQ4 0.85ei2π0.7,0.2ei2π0.3 0.86ei2π0.71,0.22ei2π0.32 0.87ei2π0.72,0.23ei2π0.33 0.88ei2π0.73,0.24ei2π0.34
Table 3

Normalized decision matrix with CPFIs.

Then by the investigated measures, the closeness indexes ΨCIi and ΨCIi are obtained as follows:

ΨCI1=0.5009,ΨCI2=0.4995,ΨCI3=0.5052,ΨCI4=0.5046
Ψ^CI1=0.4994,Ψ^CI2=0.5003,Ψ^CI3=0.4961,Ψ^CI4=0.4968

The calculated values are demonstrated in Figure 2. fig 2

Figure 2

Geometrical expressions of Example 3.

Next, the ranking results can be obtained as follows:

Because

ΨCI3>ΨCI4>ΨCI1>ΨCI2
Ψ^CI2>Ψ^CI1>Ψ^CI4>Ψ^CI3

So we can get the ranking orders of four alternatives shown as

CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3

There are the same ranking results by WDM and WNSM, and the best alternative is CQ2. In Example 3, we used the CPFIs to resolve this problem by investigated measures. Moreover, we choose the complex intuitionistic fuzzy information (CIFIs) to resolve this problem.

Example 4.

To show the application of the investigated procedure in the environment of the MADM technique, we choose the real MADM example from Ref. [38]. Moreover, the needed information is discussed in Example 2. To resolve this problem, we considered the weight vector for the attributes is 0.4,0.3,0.2,0.1T, then the CIFIs are expressed shown in Table 4 (which are normalized). Based on the proposed TOPSIS, the steps of the developed decision-making procedure are given as follows.

Alternatives\Attributes PAt1 PAt2 PAt3 PAt4
CQ1 0.7ei2π0.6,0.1ei2π0.2 0.71ei2π0.61,0.11ei2π0.21 0.72ei2π0.62,0.12ei2π0.22 0.73ei2π0.63,0.13ei2π0.23
CQ2 0.6ei2π0.8,0.2ei2π0.1 0.61ei2π0.81,0.21ei2π0.11 0.62ei2π0.82,0.22ei2π0.12 0.63ei2π0.83,0.23ei2π0.13
CQ3 0.5ei2π0.5,0.3ei2π0.3 0.51ei2π0.51,0.31ei2π0.31 0.52ei2π0.52,0.32ei2π0.32 0.53ei2π0.53,0.33ei2π0.33
CQ4 0.7ei2π0.4,0.2ei2π0.3 0.71ei2π0.41,0.22ei2π0.32 0.72ei2π0.42,0.23ei2π0.33 0.73ei2π0.43,0.24ei2π0.34
Table 4

Normalized decision matrix with CIFIs.

The calculated values are demonstrated in Figure 3.

Then by the investigated measures, the closeness indexes ΨCIi and ΨCIi are obtained as follows.

ΨCI1=0.5051,ΨCI2=0.4981,ΨCI3=0.4937,ΨCI4=0.4973
Ψ^CI1=0.4996,Ψ^CI2=0.5002,Ψ^CI3=0.5007,Ψ^CI4=0.5003
Figure 3

Graphical expressions of Example 4.

Then the ranking results can be obtained as follows:

Because

ΨCI1>ΨCI2>ΨCI4>ΨCI3
Ψ^CI3>Ψ^CI4>Ψ^CI2>Ψ^CI1

So we can get the ranking orders of four alternatives shown as

CQ3>CQ4>CQ2>CQ1

There are the same ranking results by WDM and WNSM, and the best alternative is CQ3. Therefore, the investigated measures based on CQROFSs are extensively useful to process complex data.

5. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

To show the validity and capability of the presented approach, we can compare it with some existing methods discussed as follows: Ye [41] developed CSMs based on IFSs, Mohd and Abdullah [42] explored CSMs for PFS, Liu et al. [38] presented CSMs for QROFSs, Garg and Rani [37] investigated the SMs for CIFSs, and Ullah et al. [27] explored DMs for CPFSs. By Example 2, the comparative analysis is shown in Tables 5 and 6.

Methods Score Values/Measures Values Ranking Values
Ye [41] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Mohd and Abdullah [42] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Liu et al. [38] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Garg and Rani [37] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Ullah et al. [27] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Proposed WDM ΨCI1=0.5,ΨCI2=0.4986,ΨCI3=0.5064,ΨCI4=0.5031 CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3
Table 5

Comparative analysis of the proposed and existing distance measures.

Methods Score Values/Measures Values Ranking Values
Ye [41] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Mohd and Abdullah [42] .. Cannotresolveit
Liu et al. [38] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Garg and Rani [37] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Ullah et al. [27] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Proposed WNSM Ψ^CI1=0.5,Ψ^CI2=0.5019,Ψ^CI3=0.4886,Ψ^CI4=0.4954 CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3
Table 6

Comparative analysis of the proposed and existing ideas for similarity measures.

The calculated values in Tables 5 and 6 are demonstrated in Figures 4 and 5.

Figure 4

Geometrical expressions of Table 5.

Figure 5

Geometrical expressions of Table 6.

Figures 4 and 5 contain graphical expressions of six different types of measures, and each measure contains four alternatives.

Based on the information of Example 3, the comparative analysis of the presented method with some existing methods is discussed in Tables 7 and 8.

Methods Score Values/Measures Values Ranking Values
Ye [41] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Mohd and Abdullah [42] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Liu et al. [38] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Garg and Rani [37] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Ullah et al. [27] ΨCI1=0.6171,ΨCI2=0.6003,ΨCI3=0.6278,ΨCI4=0.6189 CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3
Proposed WDM ΨCI1=0.5009,ΨCI2=0.4995,ΨCI3=0.5052,ΨCI4=0.5046 CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3
Table 7

Comparative analysis of the proposed and existing distance measures.

Methods Score Values/Measures Values Ranking Values
Ye [41] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Mohd and Abdullah [42] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Liu et al. [38] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Garg and Rani [37] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Ullah et al. [27] Ψ^CI1=0.3829,Ψ^CI2=0.3997,Ψ^CI3=0.3722,Ψ^CI4=0.3811 CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3
Proposed WNSM Ψ^CI1=0.4994,Ψ^CI2=0.5003,Ψ^CI3=0.4961,Ψ^CI4=0.4968 CQ2>CQ1>CQ4>CQ3
Table 8

Comparative analysis of the proposed and existing ideas for similarity measures.

For the existing measures, we choose another set: CQ=1ei2π1,0.0ei2π0.0,1ei2π1,0.0ei2π0.0,1ei2π1,0.0ei2π0.0,1ei2π1,0.0ei2π0.0, then

The calculated values in Table 7 are demonstrated in Figure 6.

Figure 6

Graphical expressions of Table 7.

The calculated values in Table 8 are demonstrated in Figure 7.

Figure 7

Graphical expression of Table 8.

Figures 6 and 7 contain graphical expressions of six different types of measures, and each measure contains four alternatives.

Based on the information of Example 4, the comparative analysis of the presented method with some existing methods is discussed in Tables 9 and 10.

Methods Score Values/Measures Values Ranking Values
Ye [41] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Mohd and Abdullah [42] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Liu et al. [38] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Garg and Rani [37] Ψ^CI1=0.5038,Ψ^CI2=0.4978,Ψ^CI3=0.3926,Ψ^CI4=0.4955 CQ3>CQ4>CQ2>CQ1
Ullah et al. [27] Ψ^CI1=0.5115,Ψ^CI2=0.4991,Ψ^CI3=0.5043,Ψ^CI4=0.5025 CQ2>CQ4>CQ3>CQ1
Proposed WDM ΨCI1=0.5051,ΨCI2=0.4981,ΨCI3=0.4937,ΨCI4=0.4973 CQ3>CQ4>CQ2>CQ1
Table 9

Comparative analysis of the proposed and existing distance measures.

Methods Score Values/Measures Values Ranking Values
Ye [41] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Mohd and Abdullah [42] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Liu et al. [38] Cannotresolveit Cannotresolveit
Garg and Rani [37] Ψ^CI1=0.4985,Ψ^CI2=0.4991,Ψ^CI3=0.4998,Ψ^CI4=0.4993 CQ3>CQ4>CQ2>CQ1
Ullah et al. [27] Ψ^CI1=0.4991,Ψ^CI2=0.4997,Ψ^CI3=0.5002,Ψ^CI4=0.4999 CQ3>CQ4>CQ2>CQ1
Proposed WNSM Ψ^CI1=0.4996,Ψ^CI2=0.5001,Ψ^=0.5007,Ψ^CI4=0.5003 CQ3>CQ4>CQ2>CQ1
Table 10

Comparative analysis of the proposed and existing similarity measures.

The ranking order produced by Ullah et al. [27] is different from the others.

The calculated values in Tables 9 and 10 are demonstrated in Figures 8 and 9.

Figure 8

Geometrical expressions of Table 9.

Figure 9

Geometrical expressions of Table 10.

Figures 8 and 9 contain graphical expressions of six different types of measures, and each measure contains four alternatives.

From the above discussions, we obtain that if we choose the CQRIFIs, then the existing measures based on CIFSs, CPFSs are their special cases based on Tables 510. Therefore, the investigated measures based on CQROFSs are more general and useful to solve the MADM problem with complex uncertain information.

6. CONCLUSION

As a modification of the QROFSs, CQROFSs are an important and useful tool to describe the complex inaccurate information by complex-valued truth grades with an additional term, named as phase term. CSMs and DMs are an important tool to verify the grades of similarity and discrimination between the two sets. In this manuscript, we develop some CSMs and DMs for CQROFSs. Then based on CSMs and EDMs of CQROFSs, we propose an extended TOPSIS method to solve the MADM problems. Finally, we provide some examples to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of the suggested procedure. The graphical representations of the developed measures are also utilized in this manuscript.

The proposed work is more powerful than the existing ones such as IFSs, CIFSs, PFSs, CPFSs, and QROFSs. In the future, In the future, we will also extend some ideas [39,40,43,44] for complex QROFSs, or for some consensus-based extensions, we will extend the proposed ideas to complex spherical FSs [45] and complex T-spherical FS [46]. We will also develop some new MADM methods based on the proposed CSMs and EDMs for CQROFSs.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.

AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS

Peide Liu: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Data curation, Fund, Supervision, Writing review & editing. Zeeshan Ali: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft. Tahir Mahmood: Supervision, Validation, Software, Writing – review & editing.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71771140), Project of cultural masters and “the four kinds of a batch” talents, the Special Funds of Taishan Scholars Project of Shandong Province (No. ts201511045), Major bidding projects of National Social Science Fund of China (No. 19ZDA080).

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International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
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TI  - Some Cosine Similarity Measures and Distance Measures between Complex q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets and Their Applications
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