Title
Using consensus and distances between generalized multi-attribute linguistic assessments for group decision-making
Abstract
This paper proposes a mathematical framework and methodology for group decision-making under multi-granular and multi-attribute linguistic assessments. It is based on distances between linguistic assessments and a degree of consensus. Distances in the space of qualitative assessments are defined from the geodesic distance in graph theory and the Minkowski distance. The degree of consensus is defined through the concept of entropy of a qualitatively-described system. Optimal assessments in terms of both proximity to all the expert opinions in the group and the degree of consensus are used to compare opinions and define a methodology to rank multi-attribute alternatives.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.inffus.2011.09.001
Information Fusion
Keywords
Field
DocType
optimal assessment,geodesic distance,multi-attribute alternative,multi-attribute linguistic assessment,generalized multi-attribute linguistic assessment,expert opinion,linguistic assessment,graph theory,group decision-making,minkowski distance,mathematical framework,consensus,information theory,qualitative reasoning
Information theory,Graph theory,Minkowski distance,Artificial intelligence,Linguistics,Mathematics,Machine learning,Geodesic,Qualitative reasoning,Group decision-making
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
17,
1566-2535
34
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.84
28
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Llorenç Roselló1916.22
Mónica Sánchez211213.31
Núria Agell319930.62
Francesc Prats411310.70
Ferran A. Mazaira5340.84