Opinion dynamics is an opinion evolution process of a group of agents, where the final
opinion distribution tends to three stable states: consensus, polarization, and fragmentation …

Consensus reaching process is a very powerful decision tool to eliminate the preference
conflict in group decision making. In general, the consensus is achieved by the decision …

Consistency and consensus are important issues for linguistic group decision making
(GDM), which have been extensively studied by scholars. Nevertheless, most of previous …

The generation of collective opinion based on probability distribution function (PDF)
aggregation is gradually becoming a critical approach for tackling immense and delicate …

This paper focuses on consensus reaching process (CRP) under social network in which the
trust relationship expressed by linguistic information. A new feedback mechanism in social …

In the consensus reaching process (CRP), decision-makers (DMs) often present behaviors
of tolerance and limited compromise when adjusting their opinions, which may lead to the …

The trust degrees among individuals play an important role in social network group decision
making (SNGDM). They are assumed to be unchanged with the time in most of extant …

Social trust network (STN) has facilitated information exchange between experts during
interactions. Some feedback mechanisms have been used to provide advices for opinion …

Consensus reaching is an iterative and dynamic process that supports group decision-
making models by guiding decision-makers towards modifying their opinions through a …

Since the hard consensus is difficult and costly to achieve in group decision making (GDM),
it is reasonable and necessary for decision makers (DMs) to reach a soft consensus within a …