Elsevier

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volume 162, 15 December 2018, Pages 3-13
Knowledge-Based Systems

Consensus reaching in social network group decision making: Research paradigms and challenges

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Highlights

  • A review of the consensus processes in social network group decision making is presented.

  • Two approaches are identified: consensus based on trust relationships and based on opinion evolution.

  • Challenges and research future fields are presented.

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.

Keywords

Group decision making
Social network
Consensus
Opinion evolution

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