An approach to consensus measurement of linguistic preference relations in multi-attribute group decision making and application

B Sun, W Ma - Omega, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper studies the group decision making problem with linguistic preference relations.
We first study the consensus measure between the individual preference relations and the …

Deviation measures of linguistic preference relations in group decision making

Z Xu - Omega, 2005 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the group decision making problem with linguistic preference
relations. We first show that the weighted combination of A1, A2,…, Am is linguistic …

Consensus reaching models of linguistic preference relations based on distance functions

Z Wu, J Xu - Soft Computing, 2012 - Springer
In group decision making (GDM) using linguistic preference relations to obtain the maximum
degree of agreement, it is desirable to develop a consensus process prior to the selection …

A method considering and adjusting individual consistency and group consensus for group decision making with incomplete linguistic preference relations

M Zhao, X Ma, D Wei - Applied Soft Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
For group decision making with incomplete linguistic preference relations, this paper first
make an analysis about individual consistency, based on which a goal programming model …

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 …

Group decision making based on multiple types of linguistic preference relations

Z Xu - Information Sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate group decision making problems with multiple types of linguistic
preference relations. The paper has two parts with similar structures. In the first part, we …

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 …

A consensus model for group decision making with self‐confident linguistic preference relations

S Zhu, J Huang, Y Xu - International Journal of Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Preference relation has been one of the most useful tools for experts to express their
comparison information over alternatives in group decision‐making (GDM) problems …

A novel process to determine consensus thresholds and its application in probabilistic linguistic group decision-making

H Wang, D Yu, Z Xu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
When solving group decision-making (GDM) problems, the proper values of consensus
thresholds are vital for consensus checking and improving. Decision makers are usually not …

Local minimum adjustment for the consensus model with distribution linguistic preference relations considering preference reliability

G Wu, W Zhang, Z Wu - Information Fusion, 2023 - Elsevier
Preference reliability analysis for preference relations reflected by the ordinal consistency
and the cardinal consistency was intensively studied. The ordinal consistency is a minimum …