Fuzzy Similarity Relations in Decision Making

Abstract

Similarity is an ambiguous term that can be interpreted differently depending on the context of use. In this chapter, the authors review some of its uses before focusing on decision making. Ignoring the uncertainty of human knowledge would be denying a major attribute. Thus, they linked it to the fuzzy context. However, even taking this aspect into consideration, the opinion itself must be relevant. Therefore, the more a decision is similar to other opinions, the more it is coherent. Hence, there is a need to measure the similarity between each couple of expressed opinions.