A theoretical framework to consensus building within a networked social group is put
forward. This article investigates a trust based estimation and aggregation methods as part …

A theoretical framework to deal with incomplete preference information in social network
group decision making (SN-GDM) is put forward. Firstly, the concept of the type-2 linguistic …

This paper investigates a consensus reaching process (CRP) considering dynamic trust in
large-scale group decision making (LSGDM). In the traditional trust-based consensus …

A theoretical feedback mechanism framework to model consensus in social network group
decision making (SN-GDM) is proposed with following two main components:(1) the …

Natural language could be a common method for individuals to specific social relationships
or self-evaluation (ie, assured or unconfident). Hence, it is important to contemplate …

This paper explores a limited trust propagation-based consensus model considering
individual attitude for preference modification in a social networked setting with uncertain …

A promising feature for group decision making (GDM) lies in the study of the interaction
between individuals. In conventional GDM research, experts are independent. This is …

This article addresses the inconsistency problem in group decision making caused by
disparate opinions of multiple experts. To do so, a trust induced recommendation …

Group decision making (GDM) problems require consensus reaching processes; however,
these can be time consuming and costly. As experts change their evaluations after …

Social trust network (STN) has facilitated information exchange between experts during
interactions. Some feedback mechanisms have been used to provide advices for opinion …