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A Web-Based Consensus Support System Dealing with Heterogeneous Information

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Consensual Processes

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 267))

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The study of the consensus is an important research field in Decision Making. Several authors have addressed the analysis of the consensus processes from different points of view (techniques, models, information domains, etc.). In this contribution we show a novel web application about a consensus support system to carry out consensus reaching processes with heterogenous information, i.e., the decision makers may use different information domains (particulary, numerical, interval-valued and linguistic assessments) to express their opinions. The software application has the following main characteristic: i) it automatizes virtual consensus reaching processes in which experts may be situated in different places, ii) experts may use information domains near their work areas to provide their preferences and, iii) it is able to run on any computer and operating system. This application may be seen as a practical development of a theoretical research on the consensus modelling. It could be used by any organization to carry out virtual consensus reaching processes.

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Jaén, Spain

    Francisco Mata, Juan Carlos Martínez & Rosa Rodríguez

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  1. Depto. Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain

    Enrique Herrera-Viedma

  2. Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Valladolid, Avenida Valle Esgueva 6, 47011, Valladolid, Spain

    José Luis García-Lapresta

  3. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, 01–447, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

  4. Fac. Economia Dipto. Informatica e Studi Aziendali, Università di Trento, Via Inama 5, 38100, Trento, Trento, Italy

    Mario Fedrizzi

  5. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Hannu Nurmi

  6. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, 01-447, Warsaw, Poland

    Sławomir Zadrożny

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Mata, F., Martínez, J.C., Rodríguez, R. (2011). A Web-Based Consensus Support System Dealing with Heterogeneous Information. In: Herrera-Viedma, E., García-Lapresta, J.L., Kacprzyk, J., Fedrizzi, M., Nurmi, H., Zadrożny, S. (eds) Consensual Processes. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 267. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20533-0_19

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