… consensus convergence of large-scale DMs connected via a network in which they explicitly
express opinions … To efficiently process large-scale individual opinions, DMs can be …

… ; (5) the order of opinions is not preserved along the system … chances for consensus” [21];
and (7) convergence in infinite … a result, the trajectory converges to a limiting opinion vector. We …

… consensus formation that takes into account not only factors leading to convergence of
opinions… of large majority we observe that there is similarity to the original configuration in such …

… initially distinct opinions may converge to a consensus because of … make simulation easier
and convergence proofs possible, … fact that judgments of similarity consistently violate each of …

… opinions of the whole group can also reach a consensus, but in the probability sense and
more long-range neighbors and higher randomness in the choice lead to faster convergence. …

… because their opinions belong to the same similarity interval. A … conditions for the convergence
in finite time of the opinions to a … thresholds, to practical consensus. The effects due to the …

… disagreement between the opinions (preferences) of each pair of experts on each pair of
alternatives [3]. An issue here is that the convergence of the consensus process towards a …

… his/her opinion in order to increase the group consensus level, … and the convergence of
experts’ preferences achieved. … from below in order to achieve convergence of the solution, with λ …

… the consensus problem, it is only required that the agents converge to a common opinion
which is … This problem has a natural similarity to averaging, except that one does not care about …

… It is common to exchange opinions … consensus, guarantee the convergence to sufficient
group agreement by the proposed preference similarity network clustering based consensus …