Interval-Valued Fuzzy Cooperative Games Based on the Least Square Excess and Its Application to the Profit Allocation of the Road Freight Coalition

• Main Authors: Wen-Jian Zhao, Jia-Cai Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
• Series: Symmetry
• Subjects: fuzzy game; cooperative game; interval; road freight coalition; green logistics
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/10/12/709

This paper is mainly committed to constructing a new model for solving interval-valued fuzzy cooperative games based on the least square excess. We propose the interval-valued least square excess solution according to the solution concept of the least square prenucleolus and the least square nucleolus for solving crisp cooperative games. In order to obtain the corresponding optimal analytical solution, one mathematic programming model is constructed. The least square excess solution can be used to determine plays’ payoffs directly. Considering the fuzziness and uncertainty existing in the process of the road freight coalition, we establish the interval-valued fuzzy utility function of the road freight coalition that can properly reflect the real situation in view of the green logistics. The illustratively calculated results show that the least square excess solution proposed in this paper is effectual and ascendant, and satisfied many important and useful properties of cooperative games, such as symmetry and uniqueness. As for the problems of interval-valued cooperative games, the model proposed in this paper can be applied appropriately to obtain the players’ interval-valued payoffs.