Probabilistic linguistic multi-criteria decision-making based on evidential reasoning and combined ranking methods considering decision-makers' psychological …

ZP Tian, RX Nie, JQ Wang - Journal of the Operational Research …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to develop an integrated approach for solving probabilistic linguistic multi-
criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems. This study first reveals the limitations in the …

On qualitative multi-attribute group decision making and its consensus measure: A probability based perspective

HB Yan, T Ma, VN Huynh - Omega, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on qualitative multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) with
linguistic information in terms of single linguistic terms and/or flexible linguistic expressions …

Consensus-based framework to MCGDM under multi-granular uncertain linguistic environment

XY Zhang, JQ Wang - Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2017 - content.iospress.com
This article puts forward a consensus framework for multi-criteria group decision-making
(MCGDM) with multi-granular uncertain linguistic information, where different decision …

A two-layer weight determination method for complex multi-attribute large-group decision-making experts in a linguistic environment

B Liu, Y Shen, Y Chen, X Chen, Y Wang - Information fusion, 2015 - Elsevier
We propose a two-layer weight determination model in a linguistic environment, when all the
clustering results of the experts are known, to objectively obtain expert weights in complex …

A dynamic large-scale multiple attribute group decision-making method with probabilistic linguistic term sets based on trust relationship and opinion correlation

F Teng, C Du, M Shen, P Liu - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Dynamic large-scale multiple attribute group decision making (DLMAGDM) is ubiquitous in
many areas of the real world. It is composed of large numbers of decision makers, several …

A probabilistic model for linguistic multi-expert decision making involving semantic overlapping

HB Yan, VN Huynh, Y Nakamori - Expert Systems with Applications, 2011 - Elsevier
The main objective of linguistic multi-expert decision making (MEDM) is to select the best
alternative (s) using linguistic judgements provided by multiple experts. This paper presents …

Probabilistic linguistic vector-term set and its application in group decision making with multi-granular linguistic information

Y Zhai, Z Xu, H Liao - Applied Soft Computing, 2016 - Elsevier
With the rapid information explosion and sharing, recommender systems (RS) play an
auxiliary role in assisting the Internet users to make decision especially in the e-service …

Consensus-based robust decision making methods under a novel study of probabilistic uncertain linguistic information and their application in Forex investment

Z Bashir, J Ali, T Rashid - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2021 - Springer
The probabilistic uncertain linguistic terms set (PULTS) is an effective tool to depict uncertain
linguistic opinions of individuals or groups in the procedure of decision making. Motivated by …

A consensus reaching model for 2-tuple linguistic multiple attribute group decision making with incomplete weight information

W Zhang, Y Xu, H Wang - International Journal of Systems Science, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper is to put forward a consensus reaching method for multi-attribute group
decision-making (MAGDM) problems with linguistic information, in which the weight …

Grey relational analysis method for probabilistic linguistic multi-criteria group decision-making based on geometric Bonferroni mean

D Liang, A Kobina, W Quan - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2018 - Springer
In practical decision-making problems, probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) are a very
useful and flexible way to represent the qualitative judgments of experts. The PLTSs also …