Zhenzhong Ma, Kun Li, Guangrui Guo, Jagdish Pathak, Young Ho Song
{"title":"Correction to: Ethically Questionable Negotiation Strategies in South Asia: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan","authors":"Zhenzhong Ma, Kun Li, Guangrui Guo, Jagdish Pathak, Young Ho Song","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09868-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09868-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139124979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consistency and Consensus of Distributed Preference Relations Based on Stochastic Optimal Allocation in GDM Problems","authors":"Xianchao Dai, Hao Li, Ligang Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09867-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09867-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Consistency and consensus are two key challenges under uncertain circumstances in pairwise comparison-based group decision-making (GDM), especially in a distributed preference relation (DPR) environment. In this paper, a comprehensive framework designed to tackle GDM problems evaluated by DPR is developed. First, after discussing two types of inconsistency in a complete DPR matrix: uncertainty-caused inconsistency and preference-caused inconsistency, two targeted optimization models to generate a consistent certain DPR matrix are proposed based on the definitions of stochastic additive strong/weak consistency and the similarity measure between DPRs. These models can effectively derive a DPR matrix closest to the original certain judgment by stochastic optimal allocation of uncertainties. Second, a new group consensus degree is introduced to measure the consensus in the group. Then a consensus improving model is given to reach an acceptable consensus by adjusting the DPR matrix of the decision maker (DM) with the least consensus degree. Third, the DMs’ weights are determined based on the expected consistency of the original DPR matrix by stochastic simulation instead of subjective judgment, and then the aggregated DPR matrix is obtained to derive a final solution using the weighted averaging operator. Finally, an automobile selection example is given to verify the validity and rationality of the proposed models.</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139055666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Group FMEA Technique for LNG Carriers Risk Evaluation with Personalized Individual Semantics","authors":"Weidong Jin, Mingshuo Cao, Tiantian Gai, Jing Fang, Mi Zhou, Jian Wu","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09866-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09866-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The risk evaluation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers has been the focus of research due to the special characteristics of the goods carried. Therefore, firstly, this article systematically summarizes sixteen failure modes through literature analysis and constructs a risk evaluation system for LNG carriers based on group Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) technique. Secondly, this article introduces the personalized individual semantic (PIS) model into the risk evaluation information of LNG carriers by experts to avoid the problem of inconsistent linguistic scales among different experts. Further, this article combines the PIS model with the group consensus technique to ease the contradiction among different experts and to obtain the weights of different failure modes. Finally, the risk ranking of LNG carriers which combines objective environmental data with subjective expert evaluations is obtained, some comparative analysis and sensitivity analysis are conducted to further demonstrate the essential characteristics of the proposed method.</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139055741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Josune Albizuri, Satoshi Masuya, José M. Zarzuelo
{"title":"Values for Restricted Games with Externalities","authors":"M. Josune Albizuri, Satoshi Masuya, José M. Zarzuelo","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09864-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09864-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We study cooperative games in which some of the coalitions are not viable and in addition, there are externalities among the feasible coalitions. These games are called here restricted partition function form games. For this class of games, two extensions of the Shapley value are proposed and characterized.\u0000</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139055662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Water Resources Management Simulation–Optimization Model: Application of Graph-Based Hypergame Model in Water Supply Conflicts Resolution","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09862-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09862-w","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <p>To mitigate the unfavorable effects of excessive water resources consumption, mainly induced by poor performance of irrigation practices, efficient water resource management strategies are required. In response to this need, we have, in an innovative way, enhanced the water resources management (WRM) strategies by both considering the regional conditions with the graph model for a conflict resolution (GMCR) decision support system, and linking the irrigation concept and water resources allocation theory to develop a coupled WRM simulation–optimization model. Typically, implementation of the modified WRM strategies may cause local conflicts because of losing the original water rights. To improve the current irrigation water allocation system with the minimum objections, the hypergame theory was utilized to enhance the capabilities of traditional GMCR models by including the parties’ misunderstandings in the negotiation process and assessing the partial perceptions rather than crisp options. Moreover, by dynamic monitoring of available water resources and water consumption patterns, a WRM simulation model was developed, which is applicable in real agricultural conditions of multi-agricultural zones with multi-crop and intercropping systems and variable water supply sources. The genetic algorithm was utilized to allocate the water resources and determine optimal WRM strategies with the lowest irrigation water shortage. The efficiency of the proposed framework was assessed in conventional agricultural zones in Oman. The recommended strategies not only address local conflicts during the implementation of optimal WRM strategies, but also demonstrate significant potential to reduce the water shortage as a serious environmental concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139055663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Weighted Information Fusion Method Based on Sentiment Knowledge for Emergency Decision-Making Considering the Public and Experts","authors":"Xuanhua Xu, Kaixia Zheng, Bin Pan","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09865-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09865-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138945889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dominant Smart Contracts Based on Major Bargaining Solutions","authors":"Elmira Mohammadhosseini Fadafan, Rudolf Vetschera","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09863-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09863-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We consider a situation in which two parties have concluded an efficient contract corresponding to one major bargaining solution. After the parties have agreed on one particular contract, an unanticipated shock may change the contract outcomes in a way that benefits one party but harms the other party. If this happens, they have the option to either stay with the original exchange contract or adjust some contract parameters such as the price. We propose a model to perform such adjustments automatically, to obtain the same bargaining solution as in the initial contract under the restriction that the new contract dominates the outcomes of the original contract. We study several bargaining solutions within this general framework. These bargaining solutions offer various sharing rules to distribute the benefit between the parties. To reflect practical considerations, we only consider adjustments made via one contract parameter (the price), while all other parameters result from the original contract and the random shock. To evaluate the efficiency of the proposed approach, we also compare it to a full re-negotiation scenario, in which all parameters can be modified within the boundaries resulting after the random shock. However, waiting and re-negotiation might be costly compared to the situation when the smart contract executes the adjustment automatically. Therefore, the automatic adjustment might be more efficient compared to the other types of contracts. We present several numerical examples and run large random simulations, which we also check statistically.</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timm Teubner, David Dann, Florian Hawlitschek, Mareike Möhlmann
{"title":"First vs. Lasting Impressions: How Cognitive and Affective Trust Cues Coordinate Match-Making in Online Sharing Platforms","authors":"Timm Teubner, David Dann, Florian Hawlitschek, Mareike Möhlmann","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09860-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09860-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Digital platforms facilitate the coordination, match making, and value creation for large groups of individuals. In consumer-to-consumer (C2C) online sharing platforms specifically, trust between these individuals is a central concept in determining which individuals will eventually engage in a transaction. The majority of today’s online platforms draw on various types of cues for group coordination and trust building among users. Current research widely accepts the capacity of such cues but largely ignores their changing effectiveness over the course of a user’s lifetime on the platform. To address this gap, we conduct a laboratory experiment, studying the interplay of cognitive and affective trust cues over the course a multi-period trust experiment for the coordination of groups. We find that the trust-building capacity of affective trust cues is time-dependent and follows an inverted u-shape form, suggesting a dynamic complementarity of cognitive and affective trust cues.</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Game-Theoretic Approach to Two-Person Negotiation Under Multiple Criteria","authors":"Natalia M. Novikova, Irina I. Pospelova","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09859-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09859-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The most difficult decision problems arise when several parties with several criteria must reach a consensus. This problem can be modelled as a game with vector-valued payoffs. If the players are allowed to use mixed strategies, there can be many Nash equilibria, and therefore many outcomes. The role of negotiation is to choose a specific outcome, or to restrict the set of outcomes to a small subset. One promising approach to negotiation support is scalarization of the vector payoff function. Here we apply Germeier scalarizing function, also known as the Rawlsian function, to mixed-strategy multicriteria games. After developing the mathematical background, we extend to these games the principle of Best Guaranteed Value, the value that a player may count on regardless of the other players’ actions. We suggest that a good outcome for negotiation in a multicriteria game is a Nash equilibrium outcome that provides each player with the payoffs that are better than its Best Guaranteed Value. We describe all such outcomes, thereby defining a new negotiation support mechanism.\u0000</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Marketing Information System Planning: An Integrated BWM–ELECTRE Approach","authors":"Nitidetch Koohathongsumrit, Pongchanun Luangpaiboon","doi":"10.1007/s10726-023-09861-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-023-09861-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Under competitive business scenarios, project selection is a crucial process for ensuring that projects appropriately align with an organization’s goals, available resources, and relationships. This study proposes a novel hybrid decision support model that integrates the best–worst method (BWM) with the elimination and choice expressing reality (ELECTRE) method to solve project selection problems. The approach can be used to determine the weights of criteria by comparing two vectors and to provide the best result based on concordance and discordance analysis. An empirical study regarding the selection of strategic marketing information system projects is conducted to demonstrate the proposed methodology’s benefits and rationality. The findings show that using the BWM–ELECTRE approach systematically leads to solid decision-making results involving compromise rankings based on quantitative and qualitative data, including decision-makers’ preferences. This study contributes to the literature with a new methodology that consumes less time, provides high consistency, and enables subjectivity reduction in human-based judgments while providing helpful information to decision-makers in choosing the best project and/or outranking results among different relationships, resource constraints, or dynamic environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":47553,"journal":{"name":"Group Decision and Negotiation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138514582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}