Consensus is defined as a cooperative process in which a group of decision makers
develops and agrees to support a decision in the best interest of the whole. It is a …

Group decision making is part of every organizational life. It is a type of participatory process
in which multiple decision makers acting collectively, analyze problems, consider and …

Marine litter is a pervasive and complex societal problem but has no simple solution.
Inadequate practices at all levels of production–use–disposal contribute to accumulation of …

Pursuing a consensual result is vital for selecting optimum product design schemes as it
helps eliminate preference conflicts in product design decision-making (PDDM). As a …

Highlights•Examines how the form of logical reasoning interacts with design concept
selection decisions.•Develops a coding scheme to analyse deductive, inductive, and …

Highlights•Machine learning to detect emotions using non-invasive sensors in design
teams.•Effectiveness of approach illustrated with case study.•High accuracy over 90 …

The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate college students formed
partnerships in informal educational teams to design and build an interdisciplinary, ill …

A consensus reaching process is an iteratively developed negotiation process designed to
ensure that a mutual agreement is reached by decision makers. To incorporate distribution …

Crowdsourced evaluation is a promising method of evaluating engineering design attributes
that require human input. The challenge is to correctly estimate scores using a massive and …

Highlights•Team disagreement can have immediate consequences for uncertainty.•These
consequences are different for successful and unsuccessful design teams.•Uncertainty …