Theory and Approaches of Unascertained Group Decision-Making

5DECISION-MAKING METHOD OF THE LINGUISTIC COMPARISON MATRIX

5.1 Introduction

Due to the complexity of the alternatives and human thinking process, the linguistic label is usually adopted, which concerns the consistency of linguistic judgment, the transformation of different linguistic scales, and the decision-making method in group and in the incomplete information environment [108–111]. In recent years, many scholars have focused on the research of the linguistic comparison matrix, especially the integration method, the consistency measure, and the consistency improvement of linguistic comparison matrix. The internal consistency characteristics of the linguistic comparison matrix reflect the decision maker’s rationality in logical judgment, ...