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The purpose of this paper is to solve the grey target problem by the grey potential degree method without whiten value and without distribution function. Furthermore, this new approach has an advantage of realizing both comparing and standardization work during the process of treating the data.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>First, this paper makes a brief overview of the existing method for grey target decision. Then, the conception of a grey potential degree system is introduced and the conception of standard grey potential degree is build up, and a new grey potential-based method based on the grey target multiple attribute decision method is proposed. At the same time, the standard grey potential and its application in multiple resource data are studied.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>At the same time the standard grey potential and its application in multiple resource data are studied. Standard grey potential is presented by means of three examples together with the comparison with the existing method to demonstrate that the grey potential-based method could be used to solve the problem of grey target decision conveniently and effectively.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>It is very important to compare grey numbers to obtain scientific and reasonable results for a grey target decision-making problem. However, in the actual application of grey numbers, it is difficult to find out the probability density function or the whiten function of grey numbers. When grey numbers are compared and deposed through the whiten value, much information regarding grey numbers will be lost and, at the same time, the value of grey numbers in uncertainty is partly lost. The method discussed in this paper is reasonable and feasible.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/gs-07-2017-0021","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,13]],"date-time":"2017-10-13T07:21:45Z","timestamp":1507879305000},"page":"365-375","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The multiple attribute decision model of grey targets based on grey potential degree"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Aiqing","family":"Ruan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yinao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"key2020120422361964400_ref001","first-page":"43","article-title":"Grey fuzzy comprehensive evaluation based on interval numbers of three parameters","volume":"23","year":"2001","journal-title":"Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics"},{"issue":"8","key":"key2020120422361964400_ref002","first-page":"1285","article-title":"Statistical simulation test of the incompatibility of Deng\u2019s grey target transformation","volume":"29","year":"2007","journal-title":"Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics"},{"issue":"8","key":"key2020120422361964400_ref003","first-page":"31","article-title":"Grey target decision model of multiple attribute based on interval number","volume":"7","year":"2005","journal-title":"China Engineering Science"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2020120422361964400_ref004","first-page":"9","article-title":"Gray control system","volume":"10","year":"1982","journal-title":"Journal of Huazhong Institute of Technology"},{"key":"key2020120422361964400_ref005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"288","DOI":"10.1016\/S0167-6911(82)80025-X","article-title":"The control problem of Grey systems","volume":"1","year":"1982","journal-title":"Systems & Control Letters"},{"key":"key2020120422361964400_ref006","unstructured":"Fang, Z.G. 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