Title :
Utility-based consensus analysis in non-homogeneous decision environment
Author :
Quan Zhang ; Xiao-dong Fan ; Ju-Zhi Li ; Tian-long Xu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Eng., ShenYang Univ. of Technol., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
In uncertain decision environment, multiple decision makers are always invited to give their preference information on alternatives. Different formats of preference information would be employed because of decision makers´ different culture and education backgrounds. In this study, six types of preference information are used by the decision makers and normalized into utility values. The individual preference information is aggregated into social opinions based on which the best alternative is selected. Group consensus is measured to verify the decision making process.
Keywords :
decision making; operations research; social sciences; utility theory; decision maker culture; decision maker education backgrounds; multiple attribute decision making process; nonhomogeneous decision environment; preference information; social opinions; uncertain decision environment; utility values; utility-based consensus analysis; Decision making; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Pragmatics; Silicon; Vectors; Group consensus; Multiple attribute decision making; Preference information; Uniformity; Utility Value;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2013 25th Chinese
Conference_Location :
Guiyang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5533-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCDC.2013.6561337