Linguistic term sets are usually preferred to represent evaluations and preferences in
qualitative group decision making (QGDM). Due to the different backgrounds and levels of …

Decision makers are often faced with several conflicting alternatives. How do they evaluate
trade-offs when there are more than three criteria? To help people make optimal decisions …

An interval-valued hesitant fuzzy linguistic set (IVHFLS) can serve as an extension of both a
linguistic term set and an interval-valued hesitant fuzzy set. This new set combines …

The aim of this paper is to extend the TOPSIS to the fuzzy environment. Owing to vague
concepts frequently represented in decision data, the crisp value are inadequate to model …

This paper is aimed to present a fuzzy decision-making approach to deal with the supplier
selection problem in supply chain system. During recent years, how to determine suitable …

Decision making is a process common to human beings. The uncertainty and fuzziness of
problems demand the use of the fuzzy linguistic approach to model qualitative aspects of …

Modern global managers are required to possess a set of competencies or multiple
intelligences in order to meet pressing business challenges. Hence, expanding global …

A study on the steps to follow in linguistic decision analysis is presented in a context of multi-
criteria/multi-person decision making. Three steps are established for solving a multi-criteria …

This paper presents a consensus model in group decision making under linguistic
assessments. It is based on the use of linguistic preferences to provide individuals' opinions …

To face the reality of practical multiple criteria problems usually possessing characters of
fuzziness, and to consider group decision making with various subjective–objective …