An optimization model for rescuer assignments under an uncertain environment by using Dempster–Shafer theory

L Fei, Y Wang - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Emergency decision making and disposal are significant challenges faced by the
international community. To minimize the emergency casualties, and reduce probable …

A survey of consensus in group decision making under the CWW environment

X Yao, Z Xu - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing an evaluation matrix and selecting the optimal alternative are two crucial stages
in any decision-making process. The development of an evaluation matrix involves two key …

Linguistic Z-number preference relation for group decision making and its application in digital transformation assessment of SMEs

J Chai, Y Su, S Lu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
In the new phase of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the digital
transformation (DT) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has become a critical …

Social network trust relationship environment based advanced ovarian cancer treatment decision-making model: An approach based on linguistic information with …

P Mandal, S Samanta, M Pal, ASC Ranadive - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic cancer in World. The survival rate is
not significant, and it depends on how well cancer responds to treatment. Generally, the …

An integrated implicit user preference mining approach for uncertain conceptual design decision-making: A pipeline inspection trolley design case study

L Jing, J Yang, J Ma, J Xie, J Li, S Jiang - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
User preference mining is one of the most crucial activities in the conceptual design process,
aiming to gain customer attentions at the early design stage. Since user preference is …

Managing multi-granular probabilistic linguistic information in large-scale group decision making: A personalized individual semantics-based consensus model

Y Liu, Y Yang, L Sun, A Huang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
The multi-granular probabilistic linguistic modeling allows decision makers to express
cognitive information using multiple linguistic term sets based on their preferences …

From numerical to heterogeneous linguistic best–worst method: Impacts of personalized individual semantics on consistency and consensus

H Zhang, X Wang, W Xu, Y Dong - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impacts of personalized individual semantics (PIS) on
consistency and consensus in Best–Worst method (BWM) with heterogeneous linguistic …

A concept lattice-based expert opinion aggregation method for multi-attribute group decision-making with linguistic information

K Pang, L Martínez, N Li, J Liu, L Zou, M Lu - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) processing, the individuals often
hold different opinions about the alternatives. It is necessary to aggregate the different …

Trust and personalized individual semantics based fusion method for heterogeneous multi-criteria group decision making and application to live streaming commerce

SP Wan, J Yan, JY Dong - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper develops a new trust and personalized individual semantics (PISs) based fusion
method for heterogeneous multi-criteria group decision making (HMCGDM) and applies to …

Linguistic information-based granular computing based on a tournament selection operator-guided PSO for supporting multi-attribute group decision-making with …

T Huang, X Tang, S Zhao, Q Zhang, W Pedrycz - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates linguistic information-based granular computing for supporting multi-
attribute group decision-making where relative importance of experts/attributes, and …