Abstract The Dempster–Shafer (DS) theory of evidence can combine evidence with one
parameter. The evidential reasoning (ER) approach is an extension of DS theory that can …

Multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems often consist of various types of
quantitative and qualitative attributes. Quantitative attributes can be assessed by accurate …

The emergy ecological footprint method is an effective tool to evaluate resources and
environmental carrying capacity (RECC) given its advantages of objectivity and ease of …

Large-scale multiattribute group decision-making (LMGDM) requires a large number of
participants with different knowledge structures. This study proposed an LMGDM consensus …

The rapid growth of e-commerce and social networking sites has created various challenges
for the extraction of user-generated content (UGC). In the era of big data, customer opinions …

Nowadays, renewable energy projects have constantly been emphasized and the
assessment of potential risks has been considered as an indispensable activity prior to …

The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method is a hot issue in
industrial engineering field for it can help determine critical factors in complex system …

This paper aims at solving such a group fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) problem that
the global or local ignorance may exist in judgments made by experts and the importance …

Dempster's combination rule in Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence is widely used to
combine multiple pieces of evidence. However, when the evidence is severely conflicting …

In the current study, we aim to solve a group decision‐making problem on the basis of expert
judgment with consideration of both global and local ignorance in system safety …