Journal of Northeastern University ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (7): 1057-1060.DOI: -

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Method for group decision-making based on linguistic judgment matrices with different granularities

Chen, Yan (1); Fan, Zhi-Ping (1); Chen, Xia (1)   

  1. (1) School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
  • Received:2013-06-24 Revised:2013-06-24 Online:2007-07-15 Published:2013-06-24
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Abstract: With regard to the group decision-making based on linguistic judgment matrices with different granularities, a new method of analysis is proposed. The linguistic terms in ordered linguistic terms sets are 'quantized' to transform the original linguistic judgment matrices into complementary ones through variables' conversion, with a consistency analysis done for the transformation of judgement matrices. Then, the complementary judgment matrices are aggregated into a group preference matrix by the OWA operator and the best alternative is determined by computing the dominance of every alternative. A numerical example is given to illustrate the practicability and usefullness of the method proposed.

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