An endo-confidence-based consensus with hierarchical clustering and automatic feedback in multi-attribute large-scale group decision-making

X Tian, W Li, Z Xu, G Kou, C Nie - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of novel technological and societal paradigms, consensus in multi-
attribute large-scale group decision making is of great significance. The confidence derived …

A non-threshold consensus model based on the minimum cost and maximum consensus-increasing for multi-attribute large group decision-making

X Zhong, X Xu, B Pan - Information Fusion, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposes a non-threshold consensus model that combines the minimum cost and
maximum consensus-increasing for multi-attribute large group decision-making (MALGDM) …

A feedback mechanism with bounded confidence-based optimization approach for consensus reaching in multiple attribute large-scale group decision-making

Q Zha, H Liang, G Kou, Y Dong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Different feedback mechanisms have been developed in large-scale group decision-making
(GDM) to provide the decision-makers with advices for preference adjustment with the aim of …

Ordinal-cardinal consensus analysis for large-scale group decision making with uncertain self-confidence

F Meng, D Zhao, C Tan, Z Li - Information Fusion, 2023 - Elsevier
Consensus analysis is necessary for large-scale group decision making (LSGDM) for
ensuring reasonable decision results. This paper offers a new method for LSGDM with …

A multi-stage hybrid consensus reaching model for multi-attribute large group decision-making: Integrating cardinal consensus and ordinal consensus

X Zhong, X Xu, X Yin - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the notion that cardinal consensus and ordinal consensus are of equal
importance, a novel consensus reaching model for multi-attribute large group decision …

Confidence consensus-based model for large-scale group decision making: A novel approach to managing non-cooperative behaviors

X Xu, Z Du, X Chen, C Cai - Information Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Because of the complexity of real-world problems, large-scale group decision making has
become a research topic of great interest in the field of decision science. Differences of …

Adaptive consensus reaching process with hybrid strategies for large-scale group decision making

M Tang, H Liao, J Xu, D Streimikiene… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Large-scale group decision making, which involves dozens to hundreds of experts, is
attracting increasing attention and has become an important topic in the field of decision …

Group consensus reaching based on a combination of expert weight and expert reliability

M Xue, C Fu, SL Yang - Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2020 - Elsevier
Multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) as a key module in a group decision support
system has attracted much attention. Different experts in MCGDM may hold different …

Knowledge structure-based consensus-reaching method for large-scale multiattribute group decision-making

YW Du, Q Chen, YL Sun, CH Li - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-scale multiattribute group decision-making (LMGDM) requires a large number of
participants with different knowledge structures. This study proposed an LMGDM consensus …

Ordinal consensus measure with objective threshold for heterogeneous large-scale group decision making

M Tang, X Zhou, H Liao, J Xu, H Fujita… - Knowledge-Based …, 2019 - Elsevier
Because of the increasing complexity of real-world decision-making environment, there is a
trend that a large number of decision-makers are becoming involved in group decision …