Two consensus models based on the minimum cost and maximum return regarding either all individuals or one individual

Z Gong, H Zhang, J Forrest, L Li, X Xu - European Journal of Operational …, 2015 - Elsevier
In some important group decision making, a moderator representing the collective interest,
who has predetermined, and possesses an effective leadership and strong interpersonal …

The consensus models with interval preference opinions and their economic interpretation

Z Gong, X Xu, H Zhang, UA Ozturk, E Herrera-Viedma… - Omega, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper aims to explore the case when an individual opinion is interval preference in
consensus decision making. And for this purpose, we construct two multi-objective …

On consensus models with utility preferences and limited budget

Z Gong, X Xu, F Lu, L Li, C Xu - Applied Soft Computing, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Modeling the minimum cost consensus problem in an asymmetric costs context

D Cheng, Z Zhou, F Cheng, Y Zhou, Y Xie - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The unit costs of up-and down-adjustments are not equal in some real-life minimum cost
consensus (MCC) problems, such as when each individual has two different cost coefficients …

Consensus mechanism with maximum-return modifications and minimum-cost feedback: A perspective of game theory

B Zhang, Y Dong, H Zhang, W Pedrycz - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
In group decision making, the interaction behaviors between the moderator and decision
makers play a critical role in a consensus process. In this study, based on the essential …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between the distance consensus and the consensus degree in comprehensive minimum cost consensus models: A polytope-based analysis

D García-Zamora, B Dutta, S Massanet, JV Riera… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Agreement in Group Decision-Making problems has recently been tackled through
the use of Minimum Cost Consensus (MCC) models, which are associated with solving …

Minimum cost consensus with quadratic cost functions

D Ben-Arieh, T Easton, B Evans - IEEE Transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Group consensus is an important method for making business decisions. In this paper, the
consensus process is defined as a dynamic and interactive group decision process, which is …

Minimum cost consensus models based on random opinions

N Zhang, Z Gong, F Chiclana - Expert Systems with Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
In some complex group decision making cases, the opinions of decision makers (DMs)
present random characteristic. However, it is difficult to determine the range of opinions by …

The minimum cost consensus model considering the implicit trust of opinions similarities in social network group decision‐making

T Wu, X Liu, Z Gong, H Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Consensus reaching in group decision making with linear uncertain preferences and asymmetric costs

X Xu, Z Gong, E Herrera-Viedma, G Kou… - … on Systems, Man …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Consensus reaching process (CRP), as an essential part of group decision making (GDM),
can facilitate more effective consensus by taking human behaviors into account. Extending …