Minimum spanning tree hierarchical clustering algorithm: a new Pythagorean fuzzy similarity measure for the analysis of functional brain networks

A Habib, M Akram, C Kahraman - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
Clustering structures are one of the most important aspects of complex networks. Minimum
spanning tree (MST), the tree that connects all vertices with minimum total weight, can be …

A social network based approach for consensus achievement in multiperson decision making

R Urena, F Chiclana, G Melancon, E Herrera-Viedma - Information Fusion, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays we are living the apogee of the Internet based technologies and consequently
web 2.0 communities, where a large number of users interact in real time and share …

An extension of fuzzy TOPSIS for a group decision making with an application to Tehran stock exchange

A Hatami-Marbini, F Kangi - Applied Soft Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
In financial markets, investors attempt to maximize their profits within a constructed portfolio
with the aim of optimizing the tradeoffs between risk and return across the many stocks. This …

Confidence-consistency driven group decision making approach with incomplete reciprocal intuitionistic preference relations

R Urena, F Chiclana, H Fujita… - Knowledge-Based …, 2015 - Elsevier
Intuitionistic preference relations constitute a flexible and simple representation format of
experts' preference on a set of alternative options, while at the same time allowing to …

An endo-confidence-based consensus with hierarchical clustering and automatic feedback in multi-attribute large-scale group decision-making

X Tian, W Li, Z Xu, G Kou, C Nie - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of novel technological and societal paradigms, consensus in multi-
attribute large-scale group decision making is of great significance. The confidence derived …

Managing group confidence and consensus in intuitionistic fuzzy large group decision-making based on social media data mining

X Chen, W Zhang, X Xu, W Cao - Group Decision and Negotiation, 2022 - Springer
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 …

A TOPSIS method by using generalized trapezoidal hesitant fuzzy numbers and application to a robot selection problem

I Deli - Journal of intelligent & fuzzy systems, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Selecting an appropriate robot among the alternative robots is a difficult problem for decision
makers, since it is complicated to express attributes as crisp numbers in multiple attribute …

FDMOABC: Fuzzy discrete multi-objective artificial bee colony approach for solving the non-deterministic QoS-driven web service composition problem

F Seghir - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
The multi-objective quality of service (QoS)-driven web service composition problem
(MOQWSCP) aims to find the best combinations of atomic web services (ie composite …

Multicriteria personnel selection by the modified fuzzy VIKOR method

RM Alguliyev, RM Aliguliyev… - The Scientific World …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Personnel evaluation is an important process in human resource management. The
multicriteria nature and the presence of both qualitative and quantitative factors make it …

Hospital health-care delivery quality evaluation in Ghana: an integrated medical triangular fuzzy MULTIMOORA approach

D Liang, BE Linda, M Wang, Z Xu - Information Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The good development of health care is conducive to improve the value and prospects of
society. However, health sectors of Ghana are facing a challenge in providing medical …