An alternative calculation of the consensus degree in group decision making problems
Date
2017-12-12Author
Abstract
In a problem of group decision-making it is desirable to obtain a solution with the highest possible degree of agreement –consensus- among the participants. For this aim, it is necessary to have tools that facilitate the calculation of the degree of consensus in a reliable way.
This study proposes a consensus index based on a statistical measure of variability of the preferences expressed by the experts in a group decision-making process and performs a specific comparative study between this index and several known consensus measures. The analysis shows that in this specific situation the proposed measure behaves in a similar
way to the previous ones and it could play their role in a process of decision making in group.
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Citation : Del Moral, M.J., Chiclana, F., Tapia Garcia, J.M. and Herrera-Viedma, E. (2017) An alternative calculation of the consensus degree in group decision making problems. Procedia Computer Science, 122, pp. 735-742
Research Group : Centre for Computational Intelligence
Research Institute : Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IAI)
Peer Reviewed : Yes