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Abstract
Compared to preference relations (PRs) based on one-dimensional data description, linguistic Z-number (LZN) preference relations (LZPRs) exhibit more advantages in expressing uncertainty information when comparing objectives. However, the extant preference group decision-making (PGDM) with LZPRs focus on traditional group decision-making (TGDM) problems. In addition, there are certain shortcomings in the consistency analysis of LZPRs proposed in the PGDM with LZPRs. Therefore, this study will focus on discussing the PGDM with LZPRs based on dynamic social networks. Firstly, A new additively consistent concept for LZPRs is presented, and the social network structure based on LZN trust relationships is constructed. Furthermore, a synthetical personalized individual semantics (PIS) determination method based on consistency driven and social network driven is developed for the credibility of evaluation values in LZPRs. Secondly, a dynamic mixed experts weights determination method based on experts’ opinions and social network trust relationships between experts has been proposed, considering multiple indicators of experts’ opinions. Thirdly, a synthetical consensus improving algorithm based on dynamic trust-based feedback adjustment mechanism is designed by integrating optimization-based consensus strategy and identification rule (IR) and direction rule (DR) strategy. Finally, the rationality and effectiveness of the proposed method are verified through a numerical example. Meanwhile its merits are illustrated by comparison analyses.
期刊介绍:
Applied Soft Computing is an international journal promoting an integrated view of soft computing to solve real life problems.The focus is to publish the highest quality research in application and convergence of the areas of Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computing, Rough Sets and other similar techniques to address real world complexities.
Applied Soft Computing is a rolling publication: articles are published as soon as the editor-in-chief has accepted them. Therefore, the web site will continuously be updated with new articles and the publication time will be short.