As digitalization advances and societal patterns evolve, an increasing number of experts are
becoming integral to the decision-making process. The realm of large-scale group decision …

Along with increasing the emphasis on cultural attributes, product design is not only satisfied
with the realization of function and appearance, but also considers the embodiment of …

Multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) problems, where correlations commonly
exist among input arguments, are becoming increasingly complex. However, most of the …

The majority of real-life decision-making problems often require the analysis and evaluation
of multiple factors. The nested probabilistic linguistic term set is a good tool for describing …

Due to the complexity and uncertainty of decision-making, probabilistic linguistic term sets
(PLTSs) are currently important tools for qualitative evaluation of decision-makers. The …

Multi-criterion sorting (MCS) problems aim to assign alternatives to corresponding
categories according to multiple criteria. Various MCS methods have been proposed …

Abstract Language is the most important way of information transmission for human beings,
through which people exchange ideas and guide practice. But the semantic expression has …

The PROMETHEE II method is a classical multiple criteria decision making method.
However, it also exists the rank reversal which is a highly important problem for analyzing …

The importance of the components of a system has been widely studied in the literature. The
main objective of such component importance measures (CIMs) is to evaluate the effect that …

Online reviews have become an important channel for people to share their experiences
with tour groups. However, the complexity and uncertainty of the massive amount of online …