Consensus Reaching in Social Network Group Decision Making: Research Paradigms and Challenges

Date
2018-07-06
Authors
Dong, Yucheng
Zha, Quanbo
Zhang, Hengjie
Kou, Gang
Fujita, Hamido
Chiclana, Francisco
Herrera-Viedma, Enrique
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
In social network group decision making (SNGDM), the consensus reaching process (CRP) is used to help decision makers with social relationships reach consensus. Many CRP studies have been conducted in SNGDM until now. This paper provides a review of CRPs in SNGDM, and as a result it classifies them into two paradigms: (i) the CRP paradigm based on trust relationships, and (ii) the CRP paradigm based on opinion evolution. Furthermore, identified research challenges are put forward to advance this area of research.
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Keywords
Group decision making, Social network, Consensus, Opinion evolution
Citation
Dong, Y. et al. (2018) Consensus Reaching in Social Network Group Decision Making: Research Paradigms and Challenges. Knowledge-Based Systems. Accepted for publication on 22nd June 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.knosys.2018.06.036
Research Institute
Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IAI)