A web-based group decision support system for multicriteria ranking problems

In this paper, we present an implemented, web-based multicriteria group decision support system for solving multicriteria ranking problems by a collaborative group of decision-makers in sequential or parallel coordination mode and in a distributed and asynchronous environment. This system employs an order-based consensus model for collaborative groups that moves from consistency to consensus. The system is based on consensus measures and it has been designed to provide advice to the decision-makers to increase group consensus level while maintaining the individual consistency of each decision-maker. It is based on the use of fuzzy outranking relations to model individual and group preferences. For the exploitation of the models—formulated as a multiobjective optimization problem and solved with a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm—the system generates advice on how decision-makers should change their preferences to reach a ranking of alternatives with a high degree of consistency and consensus.

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