Preference clustering-based mediating group decision-making (PCM-GDM) method for infrastructure asset management
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Highlights：
• This paper proposes a new method for multicriteria group decision-making processes.
• The method deals with the subjectivity issues in group decision-making processes.
• The method employs two concepts such as preference clustering and mediating agent.
• Sample concrete bridge decks were considered as a case study.
• The case study demonstrated the effectiveness to minimize the subjectivity issues.
摘要
•This paper proposes a new method for multicriteria group decision-making processes.•The method deals with the subjectivity issues in group decision-making processes.•The method employs two concepts such as preference clustering and mediating agent.•Sample concrete bridge decks were considered as a case study.•The case study demonstrated the effectiveness to minimize the subjectivity issues.
论文关键词：Group decision-making,Multiobjective optimization problems,Mediating agent,Infrastructure asset management
论文评审过程：Received 22 February 2016, Revised 22 April 2017, Accepted 23 April 2017, Available online 24 April 2017, Version of Record 28 April 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.04.047
