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A Multi-criteria Group Decision Making Procedure Based on a Multi-granular Linguistic Approach for Changeable Scenarios

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Nowadays, real world decision making environments are becoming more heterogeneous and flexible than ever. For this reason, we present in this study an innovative multi-criteria group decision making procedure whose main purpose is to be used in scenarios where the decision context is variable. First, the experts can provide their preferences on different moments. Second, by applying a multi-granular linguistic approach, the experts can express themselves more diversely because they select the linguistic label set that they prefer. Third, criteria, alternatives and experts in the course of the decision process. In addition, the procedure makes use of consensus measures to verify that the experts agree with the decision taken.

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This research has been funded by the Spanish State Research Agency through the project PID2019-103880RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. We would also like to thank the “Juan de la Cierva Incorporación” grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

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    José Ramón Trillo, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Francisco Javier Cabrerizo & Juan Antonio Morente-Molinera

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Trillo, J.R., Herrera-Viedma, E., Cabrerizo, F.J., Morente-Molinera, J.A. (2021). A Multi-criteria Group Decision Making Procedure Based on a Multi-granular Linguistic Approach for Changeable Scenarios. In: Fujita, H., Selamat, A., Lin, J.CW., Ali, M. (eds) Advances and Trends in Artificial Intelligence. From Theory to Practice. IEA/AIE 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12799. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79463-7_24

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