eprintid: 13083 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/30/83 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:27:38 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:27:38 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:50:18 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Chaw, Y. creators_name: Abdullah, L. creators_name: Othman, M. title: Single-valued neutrosophic relations and their application to factors affecting oil prices ispublished: pub keywords: Algebra; Costs; Decision making; Economics, Algebraic relations; Complex number; Decision-making method; Economic activities; Global economics; Influential factors; Multiple factors; Neutrosophic sets, Crude oil price note: cited By 7 abstract: The recent boom of economic activities has escalated the demand for oil that eventually will affect itsprices. However, oil prices are difficult to predict because most of the factors affecting oil prices are vagueand intangible. The challenges in predicting oil prices urgently require a novel approach where issues relatedto multiple-factors, uncertainty, and periodicity can be addressed. The authors propose the single-valuedneutrosophic relations based decision-making method inspired by the three memberships of neutrosophic sets, andamplitude and periodicity of complex numbers. The proposed method is applied to the case of oil prices where sixfactors affecting oil prices and six benchmarks measuring oil prices are employed. This new method combineswith complex neutrosophic numbers and algebraic relations, and can suggest the most influential factor that affectsoil prices. Considering the periodicity of 24 months, computation results verify the global economic rate as themost influential factor that affects the prices of oil. The main contribution of this study is the development ofa neutrosophic relations-based decision-making method to suggest the most influential factor that affects oil prices.The result provides evidence on the feasibility of the proposed method in suggesting the influential factors that affectoil prices. © 2020 CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology. All rights reserved. date: 2020 publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088016595&doi=10.1049%2ftrit.2020.0004&partnerID=40&md5=d38df65e383f8bde9f916028d99d5e44 id_number: 10.1049/trit.2020.0004 full_text_status: none publication: CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology volume: 5 number: 2 pagerange: 115-120 refereed: TRUE issn: 24686557 citation: Chaw, Y. and Abdullah, L. and Othman, M. (2020) Single-valued neutrosophic relations and their application to factors affecting oil prices. CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, 5 (2). pp. 115-120. ISSN 24686557