Improving computer network security evaluation with grey relational analysis and probabilistic simplified neutrosophic sets

The popularity of computer network has provided great convenience for people’s work and life, but it has also brought corresponding information security problems. It is very important to do a good job in computer network security evaluation. Conventional computer network security evaluation can be realized with the help of firewalls, antivirus software, etc., while in the face of complex computer network applications, it is necessary to adopt a security evaluation method with good operability and wider application range. The computer network security evaluation is viewed as multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) issue. In this paper, an extended probabilistic simplified neutrosophic number grey relational analysis (PSNN-GRA) method is established for computer network security evaluation. The PSNN-GRA method integrated with Criteria Importance Though Intercrieria Correlation (CRITIC) method in probabilistic simplified neutrosophic sets (PSNSs) circumstance is applied to rank the optional alternatives and a numerical example for computer network security evaluation is used to proof the newly proposed method’s practicability along with the comparison with other methods. The results display that the approach is uncomplicated, valid and simple to compute.