Multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) problems are very common in the real world.
The complexity of the problem necessitates a solution method that is more in line with the …

The objective of this study is to develop an integrated approach for solving multicriteria
group decision‐making problems with multigranular unbalanced hesitant fuzzy linguistic …

As an attractive generalization to hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set, double hierarchy hesitant
fuzzy linguistic term set (DHHFLTS) is used to represent complex linguistic expressions by …

With massive growth in decision-making theory, representation of preference information
plays an indispensable role. To rationally handle uncertainty, scholars presented different …

The hesitant linguistic term set, defined as a set that includes several linguistic terms, is a
useful tool to describe the hesitancy and reflect the cognition of decision makers when …

With fast-growing interest in sustainable healthcare management, proper selection and
evaluation of hospitals become highly essential. Generally, experts/decision-makers (DMs) …

In practice, when the frequency of a linguistic term in evaluation information is greater than
one, a consensus has been reached and this frequency is regarded to be one by default …

As a generalization to hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTS), double hierarchy hesitant
fuzzy linguistic term set (DHHFLTS) is presented which circumvents the weakness of HFLTS …

Double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (DHHFLTS) is one of the successful
extensions of the hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set used for describing the uncertain …

To obtain reliable results in a qualitative multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM)
problem, how to retain the evaluation information as much as possible and how to determine …