Abstract Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC) is one of the most prominent
journals to focus on the methodologies and practices of technological forecasting and …

Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 will require tackling both energy-related and non-
energy-related GHG emissions, which can be achieved through the transition to a circular …

In multicriteria group decision-making (MCGDM) problems, there exist the situations that
alternatives need to be assigned to several predefined ordered categories rather than be …

In group decision making (GDM), individual opinions and unit adjustment costs are essential
factors in reaching a collective consensus. However, in previous studies, most scholars only …

In this paper, we develop a new model named linguistic Z-number Petri nets for knowledge
acquisition and representation in the large group environment. First, the linguistic Z-number …

The Fermatean fuzzy set (FFS) is a momentous generalization of a intuitionistic fuzzy set and
a Pythagorean fuzzy set that can more accurately portray the complex vague information of …

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 …

Large-scale group decision making (LSGDM) is a common decision-making activity in which
experts elicit their preferences through preference relations with consistencies based on …

Social media has played an increasingly important role in decision-making for public issues,
and the concerns of the public, an important reference for which is in social media, have …

The minimum cost consensus model (MCCM) aims at reaching group consensus for either
conflict or polarized opinions evaluated in group decision making. Decision makers (DMs) …