Probabilistic linguistic MULTIMOORA: A multicriteria decision making method based on the probabilistic linguistic expectation function and the improved Borda rule

X Wu, H Liao, Z Xu, A Hafezalkotob… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a powerful technique in representing linguistic
evaluations of individuals or groups in the process of decision making. The aim of this paper …

Comparisons of probabilistic linguistic term sets for multi-criteria decision making

C Bai, R Zhang, L Qian, Y Wu - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
The theory of probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) is very useful in dealing with the multi-
criteria decision making (MCDM) problems in which there is hesitancy in providing linguistic …

Probabilistic linguistic distance measures and their applications in multi-criteria group decision making

M Lin, Z Xu - Soft computing applications for group decision-making …, 2018 - Springer
The probabilistic linguistic term sets can express not only the decision makers' several
possible linguistic assessment values, but also the weight of each linguistic assessment …

Interval‐valued probabilistic linguistic term sets in multi‐criteria group decision making

C Bai, R Zhang, S Shen, C Huang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The theory of probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) is very useful in objectively dealing
with the multi‐criteria group decision making (MCGDM) problems in which there is hesitancy …

An approach to quality function deployment based on probabilistic linguistic term sets and ORESTE method for multi-expert multi-criteria decision making

X Wu, H Liao - Information Fusion, 2018 - Elsevier
The quality function deployment (QFD) is an effective tool to translate the customer
requirements (CRs) to the design requirements (DRs) of a product. The process of selecting …

Novel operations of PLTSs based on the disparity degrees of linguistic terms and their use in designing the probabilistic linguistic ELECTRE III method

H Liao, L Jiang, B Lev, H Fujita - Applied Soft Computing, 2019 - Elsevier
The probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS), which allows people to give their qualitative
preferences in linguistic terms with corresponding probabilities, is a powerful form to express …

Probabilistic linguistic TODIM approach for multiple attribute decision-making

P Liu, X You - Granular Computing, 2017 - Springer
Probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) are an effective tool to express preferences with
different weights for different linguistic terms, and the TODIM method is based on prospect …

A linear programming method for multiple criteria decision making with probabilistic linguistic information

H Liao, L Jiang, Z Xu, J Xu, F Herrera - Information Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
The hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTS) is applicable in expressing people's hesitant
qualitative preference information. However, it may lose preference information as all the …

Uncertain probabilistic linguistic term sets in group decision making

C Jin, H Wang, Z Xu - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2019 - Springer
The probabilistic linguistic term set has been proposed to deal with the probabilistic
distribution in providing linguistic assessments. However, because of various subjective and …

Probabilistic linguistic multi-criteria decision-making based on evidential reasoning and combined ranking methods considering decision-makers' psychological …

ZP Tian, RX Nie, JQ Wang - Journal of the Operational Research …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to develop an integrated approach for solving probabilistic linguistic multi-
criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems. This study first reveals the limitations in the …