In many situations we need to obtain one, common decision (which can be understood as a
consistent state of knowledge) out of opinions collected from many experts or any other …

Nowadays, it happens very often that in order to make a decision we rely on knowledge
originating from different and autonomous sources, ie from experts or the Internet. For many …

The achievement of a 'consensual'solution in a group decision making problem depends on
experts' ideas, principles, knowledge, experience, etc. The measurement of consensus has …

In a problem of group decision-making it is desirable to obtain a solution with the highest
possible degree of agreement–consensus-among the participants. For this aim, it is …

In this paper we focus on the notion of majority in multi-agent (group) decision making. In
group decision making the reduction of the decision makers opinions into an overall …

We focus on the problem of constructing functions that are able to measure the degree of
consensus for a set of inputs provided over the unit interval. When making evaluations …

We investigate from a global point of view the existence of cohesiveness among experts'
opinions. We address this general issue from three basic essentials: the management of …

In the resolution of group decision making problems where the consensus process can not
be held face to face by the experts it is usually difficult for them to be able to identify the …

Reaching a high level of consensus among experts is critical in group decision making
problems. Usually, it is the moderator task to assure that the consensus process is carried …

This paper defines a new concept and framework for constructing fusion rules for evidences.
This framework is based on a referee function, which does a decisional arbitrament …