Distributed linguistic representations in decision making: Taxonomy, key elements and applications, and challenges in data science and explainable artificial …

Y Wu, Z Zhang, G Kou, H Zhang, X Chao, CC Li… - Information …, 2021 - Elsevier
Distributed linguistic representations are powerful tools for modelling the uncertainty and
complexity of preference information in linguistic decision making. To provide a …

A comprehensive literature review of 50 years of fuzzy set theory

C Kahraman, B Öztayşi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Fuzzy sets have a great progress in every scientific research area. It found many application
areas in both theoretical and practical studies from engineering area to arts and humanities …

Revisiting fuzzy and linguistic decision making: Scenarios and challenges for making wiser decisions in a better way

E Herrera-Viedma, I Palomares, CC Li… - … on Systems, Man …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article provides a brief tour through the main fuzzy and linguistic decision-making
trends, studies, methodologies, and models developed in the last 50 years. Fuzzy and …

Probabilistic linguistic MULTIMOORA: A multicriteria decision making method based on the probabilistic linguistic expectation function and the improved Borda rule

X Wu, H Liao, Z Xu, A Hafezalkotob… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a powerful technique in representing linguistic
evaluations of individuals or groups in the process of decision making. The aim of this paper …

A new divergence measure for belief functions in D–S evidence theory for multisensor data fusion

F Xiao - Information Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Dempster–Shafer (D–S) evidence theory is useful for handling uncertainty
problems in multisensor data fusion. However, the question of how to handle highly …

Social network clustering and consensus-based distrust behaviors management for large-scale group decision-making with incomplete hesitant fuzzy preference …

Y Lu, Y Xu, J Huang, J Wei, E Herrera-Viedma - Applied Soft Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of social network platforms, large-scale group decision-making in
social network (LSGDM-SN) has been formed. As decision makers (DMs) come from …

Consensus reaching for MAGDM with multi-granular hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets: a minimum adjustment-based approach

W Yu, Z Zhang, Q Zhong - Annals of Operations Research, 2021 - Springer
Due to the uncertainty of decision environment and differences of decision makers' culture
and knowledge background, multi-granular HFLTSs are usually elicited by decision makers …

An approach to quality function deployment based on probabilistic linguistic term sets and ORESTE method for multi-expert multi-criteria decision making

X Wu, H Liao - Information Fusion, 2018 - Elsevier
The quality function deployment (QFD) is an effective tool to translate the customer
requirements (CRs) to the design requirements (DRs) of a product. The process of selecting …

Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set and its application in decision making: a state-of-the-art survey

H Liao, Z Xu, E Herrera-Viedma, F Herrera - International Journal of Fuzzy …, 2018 - Springer
The hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTS) has gained great success as it can be used to
represent several linguistic terms or comparative linguistic expressions together with some …

Managing consistency and consensus in group decision making with hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations

Z Wu, J Xu - Omega, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of hesitant information in pairwise comparisons enriches the flexibility of qualitative
decision making and allows for hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relation (HFLPR). This …