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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Optimal consensus models for group decision making under linguistic preference relations

Y Xu, H Sun, H Wang - International Transactions in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes an optimal consensus model to derive weights for linguistic preference
relations (LPRs). Two indexes, an individual‐to‐group consensus index (ICI) and a …

Group decision making based on multiplicative consistency and consensus of fuzzy linguistic preference relations

Z Zhang, SM Chen, C Wang - Information Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Fuzzy linguistic preference relations (FLPRs) are an efficient way to express qualitative
judgments of decision makers (DMs). This paper proposes a new group decision making …

Approaches to group decision making with linguistic preference relations based on multiplicative consistency

F Jin, Z Ni, L Pei, H Chen, Z Tao, X Zhu, L Ni - Computers & Industrial …, 2017 - Elsevier
A key step in group decision making (GDM) with linguistic preference relations (LPRs) is to
derive the priority weight vector of the alternatives. However, the lack of consistency in GDM …

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 …

Heterogeneous group decision making in the setting of incomplete preference relations

J Tang, SM Chen, F Meng - Information Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on heterogeneous group decision making (GDM) in the setting of
incomplete preference relations, including incomplete fuzzy preference relations, incomplete …

A new distance-based consensus reaching model for multi-attribute group decision-making with linguistic distribution assessments

S Yao - International journal of computational intelligence …, 2018 - Springer
This paper proposes a novel consensus reaching model for multi-attribute group decision
making (MAGDM) with information represented by means of linguistic distribution …