In group decision making (GDM), considering the individuals' satisfaction (ie, utilities) about
the consensus result is important. However, this issue is ignored by the extant minimum cost …

In consensus-based social network group decision-making (SN-GDM) problems, the low
degree of harmony caused by opinion discrepancies and weak trust relationships may lead …

For a proper management of large-scale group decision-making (LSGDM) problems, it is
essential to consider multiple factors such as the relationship between the decision-makers …

This paper mainly focuses on the consensus problem with utility preferences denoted by
simple trapezoidal membership function. In group decision-making (GDM), for acquiring the …

Reaching consensus in group decision-making (GDM) is usually achieved by minimizing
opinion deviation (distance) or maximizing the utility of the group in traditional mathematical …

The influence of mutual interaction behaviors on the opinions and consensus process has
gradually emerged due to the information sharing in social networks. Currently, the cost of …

This article investigates a minimum cost-maximum consensus jointly driven feedback
mechanism under a harmonious power structure by twofold group and individual attention …

The social network group decision‐making is popular due to the advantages of social
relationships in the consensus reaching process, especially the trust relationships. To …

In social network group decision-making, interactions between decision makers are the
basis for the formation of a sufficient consensus. Based on the traditional minimum cost …

The minimum cost consensus model (MCCM) aims at reaching group consensus for either
conflict or polarized opinions evaluated in group decision making. Decision makers (DMs) …