When expressing preferences in qualitative setting, several possible linguistic terms with
different weights (represented by probabilities) may be considered at the same time. The …

Compared with group decision making (GDM), it is more difficult to reach a consensus in
large-scale group decision making (LSGDM) owing to the large number of decision makers …

Opinion dynamics is a fusion process of individual opinions, in which a group of interacting
agents continuously fuse their opinions on the same issue based on established fusion rules …

Multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) is a complicated cognitive process that
involves evaluation of opinion expression, information fusion, and analysis of multi-source …

A large-scale group decision-making (LGDM) problem is studied from the perspective of
multi-stage hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets (MHFLTSs). Solving an LGDM problem …

The prosperity of international trade has driven the development of shipping. Thus,
evaluating shipping risks can better avoid risks, improve shipping safety, and promote …

Microblog, with its good interaction and convenient dissemination, has become the main
platform for public opinion dissemination. How to discover the law of public opinion …

With the development of the information and Internet technology, the public opinions with big
data will rapidly emerge in an online-offline social network, and an inefficient management …

Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is a systematic and multidisciplinary team-based
reliability analysis technology used in various industries, which can alleviate the failure risk …

A probabilistic linguistic multiattribute group decision-making (PLMAGDM) problem is
studied from a reliability perspective based on an evidential reasoning approach and …