An optimization-based approach to adjusting unbalanced linguistic preference relations to obtain a required consistency level

Y Dong, CC Li, F Herrera - Information Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
In certain real decision-making situations, decision makers often feel more comfortable
providing their knowledge and preferences in linguistic terms. Unbalanced linguistic term …

Multiplicative consistency-based decision support system for incomplete linguistic preference relations

M Xia, Z Xu, Z Wang - International Journal of Systems Science, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The experts may have difficulty in expressing all their preferences over alternatives or
criteria, and produce the incomplete linguistic preference relation. Consistency plays an …

Approaches to decision making with linguistic preference relations based on additive consistency

F Jin, Z Ni, H Chen, Y Li - Applied Soft Computing, 2016 - Elsevier
The linguistic preference relation (LPR) is introduced to efficiently deal with situations in
which the decision makers (DMs) provide their preference information by using linguistic …

Algorithm for improving additive consistency of linguistic preference relations with an integer optimization model

P Wu, J Liu, L Zhou, H Chen - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
Linguistic preference relation (LPR) composed by linguistic terms can well express decision
makers'(DMs') qualitative preference opinion by comparing alternatives with each other. The …

Attitude-and cost-driven consistency optimization model for decision-making with probabilistic linguistic preference relation

P Wang, R Dang, P Liu, D Pamucar - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) conveys the preference for a linguistic term by
assigning a probability distribution, which can more correctly and flexibly reflect the decision …

Incomplete linguistic preference relations and their fusion

Z Xu - Information Fusion, 2006 - Elsevier
Various linguistic preference relations, including incomplete linguistic preference relation,
consistent incomplete linguistic preference relation and acceptable incomplete linguistic …

Additive consistency exploration of linguistic preference relations with self-confidence

Y Xu, S Zhu, X Liu, J Huang… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2023 - Springer
Preference relation is one of the most effective tools for decision makers (experts) to express
their evaluation information in decision making. Recently, a new type of preference relation …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring consistency of linguistic preference relations: a 2-tuple linguistic approach

Y Dong, WC Hong, Y Xu - Soft Computing, 2013 - Springer
By using the 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic representation model and by proposing the concept of
the individual consistency evaluations, this paper develops a 2-tuple linguistic index to …

On consistency measures of linguistic preference relations

Y Dong, Y Xu, H Li - European Journal of Operational Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Inspired by the concept of deviation measure between two linguistic preference relations,
this paper further defines the deviation measure of a linguistic preference relation to the set …

Multi-stage consistency optimization algorithm for decision making with incomplete probabilistic linguistic preference relation

P Wang, P Liu, F Chiclana - Information Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Incomplete probabilistic linguistic term sets (InPLTSs) can effectively describe the qualitative
pairwise judgment information in uncertain decision-making problems, making them suitable …