The maximum expert consensus model (MECM) is an effective model for achieving
consensus during the consensus reaching process (CRP) in group decision making (GDM) …

With the development of Internet technologies, the shipping industry has also entered the
Industry 4.0 era, which is the era of using information technology to promote industrial …

This paper investigates a global feedback consensus model which determines the
importance of decision makers by combining explicit and implicit Power. Explicit power is …

Clustering and the feedback mechanism in a consensus reaching process (CRP) have been
regarded as two critical components when solving the large-scale group decision-making …

In traditional group decision making, the inconsistent experts are usually forced to make
compromises toward the group opinion to increase the group consensus level. However, the …

This paper investigates how to conduct bidirectional feedback mechanism by establishing
trust chains in social network group decision making (SN-GDM), which is more applicable …

In large-scale group decision making events, diverse backgrounds of decision makers
(DMs) may result in various non-cooperative behaviors as they pursue personal interests …

The risk evaluation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers has been the focus of research
due to the special characteristics of the goods carried. Therefore, firstly, this article …

Interval additive preference relations (IAPRs) provide a valuable framework for representing
uncertain pairwise comparisons among alternatives in group decision-making (GDM) …

In an increasingly complex and uncertain decision-making environment, large-scale group
decision-making (LSGDM) can offer a more efficient method, allowing a large number of …