Consensus reaching with dynamic expert credibility under Dempster-Shafer theory

Z Hua, L Fei, H Xue - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Consensus building is crucial in multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) because a
consensual decision outcome is beneficial for implementing the result. However, expert …

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 …

Group consensus reaching based on a combination of expert weight and expert reliability

M Xue, C Fu, SL Yang - Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2020 - Elsevier
Multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) as a key module in a group decision support
system has attracted much attention. Different experts in MCGDM may hold different …

Managing consensus and self-confidence in multiplicative preference relations in group decision making

W Liu, H Zhang, X Chen, S Yu - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
Preference relations have been widely used in Group Decision Making (GDM) to represent
decision makers' preferences over alternatives. Recently, a new kind of preference relation …

Social network group decision making: Managing self-confidence-based consensus model with the dynamic importance degree of experts and trust-based feedback …

X Liu, Y Xu, R Montes, F Herrera - Information Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the development of intelligent decision-making, social network group decision-
making (SNGDM) has become increasingly valued. Generally, real SNGDM cases involve …

An adaptive consensus method based on feedback mechanism and social interaction in social network group decision making

C Shang, R Zhang, X Zhu, Y Liu - Information Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Many consensus models in social network group decision making (SNGDM) have been
reported to obtain a collective solution despite the initial opinions of decision makers (DMs) …

[HTML][HTML] Consensus reaching for social network group decision making with ELICIT information: A perspective from the complex network

Z Hua, X Jing, L Martínez - Information Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Consensus reaching is essential in group decision-making (GDM) since it can mitigate
conflicts between expert opinions and promotes the further implementation of decision …

Conflict management-based consensus reaching process considering conflict relationship clustering in large-scale group decision-making problems

RX Ding, RX Cheng, MN Li, GR Yang… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
In large-scale group decision-making (LSGDM) events, conflicts among decision makers
(DMs) usually occur, causing serious damage to the decision-making process. Accurate …

A bargaining game based feedback mechanism to support consensus in dynamic social network group decision making

Y Xing, J Wu, F Chiclana, G Yu, M Cao… - Information …, 2023 - Elsevier
A bargaining game is used to develop feedback mechanism for dynamic social networks
group decision making (SN-GDM). The dynamic trust relationships between experts are …

Managing consensus in balanced networks based on opinion and trust/distrust evolutions

Q Zha, X He, M Zhan, N Lang - Information Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Trust and distrust relationships are both common in social interactions of group decision
making (GDM). Traditionally, trust/distrust levels are fixed in the opinion evolution process …