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An Integrated Consensus Improving Strategy Based on PL-Wasserstein Distance and Its Application in the Evaluation of Network Public Opinion Emergencies
Joint Authors
Zhang, Shitao
Ma, Zhenzhen
Liu, Xiaodi
Wang, Zhiying
Jiang, Lihui
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-24, 24 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-12-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
24
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In real life, multiple network public opinion emergencies may break out in a certain place at the same time.
So, it is necessary to invite emergency decision experts in multiple fields for timely evaluating the comprehensive crisis of the online public opinion, and then limited emergency resources can be utilized to give priority to respond to the one with the highest crisis.
Due to the complexity of network public opinion emergencies and the limited cognition of experts, most of the decision problems for evaluating the network public opinion emergencies are highly uncertain.
Also, prior to the selection of the highest crisis, it is preferable that experts reach a high degree of consensus among their assessments or opinions.
To address such problems, this paper presents a novel adaptive consensus reaching model for multiattribute group decision making (MAGDM) with probabilistic linguistic decision matrices (PLDMs).
First, to quantify the difference between any two probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) accurately and efficiently, we define a novel distance measure between PLTSs based on the Wasserstein metric.
Then, by integrating the defined PLTSs-based Wasserstein (PL-Wasserstein) distance measure into the classical CCSD method, we construct an optimization model for objectively determining attribute weights.
Subsequently, we develop the individual cumulative consensus contribution (ICCC) measure and the group consensus measure, respectively, following which is to present an integrated consensus improving strategy that considers both weight-updating (i.e., dynamic weights of experts and attributes) and assessment-adjusting.
Finally, the feasibility and the applicability of the proposed approach are illustrated via a real evaluation of network public opinion emergencies.
Through comparing with existing probabilistic linguistic MAGDM approaches, the proposed approach offers the advantages in terms of the accurate measurement of information difference and the integrated improvement of consensus efficiency.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhang, Shitao& Ma, Zhenzhen& Liu, Xiaodi& Wang, Zhiying& Jiang, Lihui. 2020. An Integrated Consensus Improving Strategy Based on PL-Wasserstein Distance and Its Application in the Evaluation of Network Public Opinion Emergencies. Complexity،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-24.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145879
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhang, Shitao…[et al.]. An Integrated Consensus Improving Strategy Based on PL-Wasserstein Distance and Its Application in the Evaluation of Network Public Opinion Emergencies. Complexity No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-24.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145879
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhang, Shitao& Ma, Zhenzhen& Liu, Xiaodi& Wang, Zhiying& Jiang, Lihui. An Integrated Consensus Improving Strategy Based on PL-Wasserstein Distance and Its Application in the Evaluation of Network Public Opinion Emergencies. Complexity. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-24.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145879
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1145879