A group evidential reasoning approach based on expert reliability

C Fu, JB Yang, SL Yang - European Journal of Operational Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The reliability of an expert is an important concept in multiple attribute group decision
analysis (MAGDA). However, reliability is rarely considered in MAGDA, or it may be simply …

The 2-rank consensus reaching model in the multigranular linguistic multiple-attribute group decision-making

H Zhang, Y Dong, X Chen - IEEE Transactions on Systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM), the decision objective is to obtain
a complete ranking of the alternatives from best to worst. In the real world, however …

Consistency and trust relationship-driven social network group decision-making method with probabilistic linguistic information

F Jin, M Cao, J Liu, L Martínez, H Chen - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Unlike other linguistic modelings, probabilistic linguistic terms can clearly describe the
importance of different linguistic terms. With respect to group decision-making (GDM) …

An adaptive consensus method for multi-attribute group decision making under uncertain linguistic environment

J Pang, J Liang, P Song - Applied Soft Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
For a multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problem, the so-called consensus
reaching process is used to achieve an agreement among experts and finally make a …

Consensus-based linguistic distribution large-scale group decision making using statistical inference and regret theory

F Jin, J Liu, L Zhou, L Martínez - Group Decision and Negotiation, 2021 - Springer
Large-scale group decision-making (LSGDM) deals with complex decision-making
problems which involve a large number of decision makers (DMs). Such a complex scenario …

A novel probabilistic linguistic decision-making method with consistency improvement algorithm and DEA cross-efficiency

J Liu, Y Zheng, L Zhou, F Jin, H Chen - Engineering Applications of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is highly useful for decision-makers (DMs) to describe
qualitative and uncertain information in the decision-making process. This paper proposes a …

Generalised probabilistic linguistic evidential reasoning approach for multi-criteria decision-making under uncertainty

R Fang, H Liao, JB Yang, DL Xu - Journal of the Operational …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
As a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method, the evidential reasoning (ER) approach
can deal with uncertainties that are resulted from the limited knowledge and experience of …

A novel preference measure for multi-granularity probabilistic linguistic term sets and its applications in large-scale group decision-making

B Wang, J Liang - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2020 - Springer
Comparing probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) is quite essential in solving PLTS-
expressed multi-attribute group decision-making problems (PLTS-MAGDM). Researchers …

A consensus model to manage minority opinions and noncooperative behaviors in large group decision making with probabilistic linguistic term sets

JL Zhou, JA Chen - IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The alternative assessment and decision-making are often complicated and involve
enormous decision makers (DMs), which leads to a large group decision making (LGDM) …

A novel probabilistic linguistic approach for large-scale group decision making with incomplete weight information

X Zhang - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2018 - Springer
The large-scale group decision-making (GDM) problems with linguistic information have
received more and more attentions; however, how to effectively manage the linguistic …