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 …

Interval‐valued probabilistic linguistic term sets in multi‐criteria group decision making

C Bai, R Zhang, S Shen, C Huang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The theory of probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) is very useful in objectively dealing
with the multi‐criteria group decision making (MCGDM) problems in which there is hesitancy …

Probabilistic linguistic term sets in multi-attribute group decision making

Q Pang, H Wang, Z Xu - Information Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
When expressing preferences in qualitative setting, several possible linguistic terms with
different weights (represented by probabilities) may be considered at the same time. The …

Multi-criteria sorting decision making based on dominance and opposition relations with probabilistic linguistic information

H Peng, J Wang - Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, 2020 - Springer
The probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a powerful tool for describing linguistic
evaluations derived from expert teams and has adequate capability to identify preferences …

An integrated method for multiattribute group decision making with probabilistic linguistic term sets

GL Xu, SP Wan, XB Li, FX Feng - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) with probabilistic
linguistic term sets (PLTSs) and proposes an integrated decision method for solving such …

Probabilistic linguistic distance measures and their applications in multi-criteria group decision making

M Lin, Z Xu - Soft computing applications for group decision-making …, 2018 - Springer
The probabilistic linguistic term sets can express not only the decision makers' several
possible linguistic assessment values, but also the weight of each linguistic assessment …

Dual probabilistic linguistic term set and its application on multi-criteria group decision making problems

WY Xie, ZS Xu, ZL Ren - 2017 IEEE International Conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In real life, multi-criteria group decision making problems are usually tend to be qualitative.
Decision makers (DMs) prefer to express their decision making information with natural …

Operators and comparisons of probabilistic linguistic term sets

W Yu, H Zhang, B Li - International Journal of Intelligent …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) allow experts to express their preferences
regarding one linguistic term over another. Nowadays, multicriteria decision‐making …

A parametric distance-based outranking method for probabilistic linguistic multi-criteria decision-making problems

P Wang, Z Shen, S Huang - Soft Computing, 2023 - Springer
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a useful tool to flexibly express uncertainty in
experts' preferences and has attracted much attention. This paper aims to develop an …

Comparisons of probabilistic linguistic term sets for multi-criteria decision making

C Bai, R Zhang, L Qian, Y Wu - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
The theory of probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) is very useful in dealing with the multi-
criteria decision making (MCDM) problems in which there is hesitancy in providing linguistic …