Advances of Probabilistic Linguistic Preference Relations: A Survey of Theory and Applications

H Liao, J Qi, X Li, R Bausys - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2023 - Springer
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS), which consists of multiple linguistic terms and their
probabilities, has been proposed to tackle qualitative information in informs of linguistic …

A survey of decision-making methods with probabilistic linguistic information: bibliometrics, preliminaries, methodologies, applications and future directions

H Liao, X Mi, Z Xu - Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, 2020 - Springer
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) has been proposed to tackle qualitative information
efficiently in the decision-making process to achieve computing with expressions, which can …

Simplified probabilistic linguistic preference relation in decision making

X Mi, H Liao, XJ Zeng, A Al-Barakati - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Probabilistic linguistic preference relation (PLPR), whose elements are denoted in
probabilistic linguistic term sets, provides a flexible tool for experts to express linguistic …

Multi-criteria sorting decision making based on dominance and opposition relations with probabilistic linguistic information

H Peng, J Wang - Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, 2020 - Springer
The probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a powerful tool for describing linguistic
evaluations derived from expert teams and has adequate capability to identify preferences …

A comparative analysis of probabilistic linguistic preference relations and distributed preference relations for decision making

M Xue, C Fu, S Yang - Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, 2022 - Springer
When a decision-maker prefers to compare different alternatives in pairs to handle real
situations, there are many different expression styles that can be used. Two representative …

A novel preference measure for multi-granularity probabilistic linguistic term sets and its applications in large-scale group decision-making

B Wang, J Liang - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2020 - Springer
Comparing probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) is quite essential in solving PLTS-
expressed multi-attribute group decision-making problems (PLTS-MAGDM). Researchers …

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 …

A probabilistic linguistic-based deviation method for multi-expert qualitative decision making with aspirations

X Zhang, H Liao, B Xu, M Xiong - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a popular tool for modeling complex linguistic
perceptions of decision-makers (DMs) and has gained successful applications in the field of …

Decision-making based on probabilistic linguistic term sets without loss of information

Z Yi - Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Springer
Probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) provides a much more effective model to compute
with words and to express the uncertainty in the pervasive natural language by probability …

Probabilistic linguistic group decision-making method based on attribute decision and multiplicative preference relations

H Zhao, B Li, Y Li - International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2021 - Springer
In some cases, decision makers (DMs) need to use multiplicative linguistic terms to express
evaluations, and probabilistic linguistic preference relation (PLPR) cannot meet the needs of …