{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,5]],"date-time":"2026-07-05T04:17:50Z","timestamp":1783225070747,"version":"3.54.6"},"reference-count":68,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-017"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-037"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-012"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-029"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,12,1]],"date-time":"2026-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1796083200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-004"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100012456","name":"National Social Science Fund of China","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["22&amp;ZD069"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["22&amp;ZD069"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100012456","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100002663","name":"Northwestern Polytechnical University","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["G2025KY06157"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["G2025KY06157"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100002663","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Expert Systems with Applications"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,12]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T16:16:05Z","timestamp":1782231365000},"page":"133331","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"PD","title":["An optimization-based consensus decision model for large-scale group decision making with hesitant fuzzy linguistic preferences considering trust and coopetitive relationships"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"331","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-2185-1565","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuanyuan","family":"Yin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4836-3244","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianfeng","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-5062-1098","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenting","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4245-8813","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luis","family":"Mart\u00ednez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dss.2025.114425","article-title":"Balancing the costs and benefits of resilience-based decision making","volume":"191","author":"Ardila-Rueda","year":"2025","journal-title":"Decision Support Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2023.122095","article-title":"Conflict management-based consensus reaching process considering conflict relationship clustering in large-scale group decision-making problems","volume":"238","author":"Ding","year":"2024","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"559","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2018.2864661","article-title":"Sparse representation-based intuitionistic fuzzy clustering approach to find the group intra-relations and group leaders for large-scale decision making","volume":"27","author":"Ding","year":"2018","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"95","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ins.2014.11.011","article-title":"Minimizing adjusted simple terms in the consensus reaching process with hesitant linguistic assessments in group decision making","volume":"297","author":"Dong","year":"2015","journal-title":"Information Sciences"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6304","DOI":"10.1109\/TSMC.2019.2961752","article-title":"Consensus reaching and strategic manipulation in group decision making with trust relationships","volume":"51","author":"Dong","year":"2020","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"203","DOI":"10.1177\/1368430299023001","article-title":"Leaders and subgroups: One of us or one of them?","volume":"2","author":"Duck","year":"1999","journal-title":"Group Processes and Intergroup Relations"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2238","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2025.3557904","article-title":"A transformation method of noncooperative to cooperative behavior by trust propagation in social network group decision making","volume":"33","author":"Gai","year":"2025","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0008","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cie.2020.106842","article-title":"A k-core decomposition-based opinion leaders identifying method and clustering-based consensus model for large-scale group decision making","volume":"150","author":"Gao","year":"2020","journal-title":"Computers and Industrial Engineering"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"949","DOI":"10.1109\/JAS.2022.105617","article-title":"Large-scale group decision making: A systematic review and a critical analysis","volume":"9","author":"Garc\u00eda-Zamora","year":"2022","journal-title":"IEEE\/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2024.102635","article-title":"An ordinal\u2013cardinal consensus model for three-way large-scale group decision-making considering co-opetition relations","volume":"113","author":"Gong","year":"2025","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0011","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1157","DOI":"10.1080\/01605682.2023.2237987","article-title":"A dynamic trust network and influence measure-based consensus model for large-scale group decision-making with incomplete intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations","volume":"75","author":"Gong","year":"2024","journal-title":"Journal of the Operational Research Society"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0012","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"144","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ins.2023.03.002","article-title":"A consensus measure-based three-way clustering method for fuzzy large group decision making","volume":"632","author":"Guo","year":"2023","journal-title":"Information Sciences"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0013","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3056","DOI":"10.1109\/TSMC.2024.3357776","article-title":"A proportional-integral-derivative inspired model for opinion dynamics in a trust relationship network","volume":"54","author":"Ji","year":"2024","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0014","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2023.102062","article-title":"Large group emergency decision-making with bi-directional trust in social networks: A probabilistic hesitant fuzzy integrated cloud approach","volume":"102","author":"Jiang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ins.2024.120994","article-title":"Large group decision-making with a rough integrated asymmetric cloud model under multi-granularity linguistic environment","volume":"678","author":"Jiang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Information Sciences"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0016","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"214","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2025.08.063","article-title":"Primacy effect-based dynamic feedback mechanism considering communication sequence for multilevel infiltrative large-scale group decision-making","volume":"331","author":"Li","year":"2026","journal-title":"European Journal of Operational Research"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0017","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cie.2022.108311","article-title":"Consensus reaching with consistency control in group decision making with incomplete hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations","volume":"170","author":"Li","year":"2022","journal-title":"Computers and Industrial Engineering"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0018","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4991","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2022.3165373","article-title":"Consensus reaching with minimum cost of informed individuals and time constraints in large-scale group decision-making","volume":"30","author":"Liang","year":"2022","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0019","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3542","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2024.3375863","article-title":"Mining maximum ordinal\u2013cardinal consensus for large-scale group decision making with incomplete fuzzy preference relations","volume":"32","author":"Liang","year":"2024","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0020","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.asoc.2024.112453","article-title":"Hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference consistency-driven consensus model with large-scale group interaction measure for venture capital investment selection","volume":"167","author":"Liang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Applied Soft Computing"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0021","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2530","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2023.3341866","article-title":"Cooperative games for group decision making under undirected collaboration network with hesitant fuzzy preference relations","volume":"32","author":"Liao","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0022","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1343","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2014.2360556","article-title":"Hesitant fuzzy linguistic VIKOR method and its application in qualitative multiple criteria decision making","volume":"23","author":"Liao","year":"2014","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0023","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2018.10.011","article-title":"Managing incomplete preferences and consistency improvement in hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations with applications in group decision making","volume":"51","author":"Liu","year":"2019","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0024","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2024.102289","article-title":"Managing heterogeneous preferences and multiple consensus behaviors with self-confidence in large-scale group decision making","volume":"107","author":"Liu","year":"2024","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1497","DOI":"10.1007\/s10726-023-09851-z","article-title":"A linguistic cloud-based consensus framework with three behavior classifications under trust-interest relations","volume":"32","author":"Liu","year":"2023","journal-title":"Group Decision and Negotiation"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0026","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2023.120645","article-title":"Managing multi-granular probabilistic linguistic information in large-scale group decision making: A personalized individual semantics-based consensus model","volume":"230","author":"Liu","year":"2023","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0027","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.131876","article-title":"Identification and management of non-cooperative behaviors in large-scale group decision-making: Review, taxonomy and challenges from an LLM perspective","volume":"316","author":"Liu","year":"2026","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0028","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.asoc.2025.113166","article-title":"Social network group decision-making with linguistic z-number preference relations based on personalized individual semantics and trust driven","volume":"176","author":"Lu","year":"2025","journal-title":"Applied Soft Computing"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0029","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.asoc.2021.108373","article-title":"Social network clustering and consensus-based distrust behaviors management for large-scale group decision-making with incomplete hesitant fuzzy preference relations","volume":"117","author":"Lu","year":"2022","journal-title":"Applied Soft Computing"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0030","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1570","DOI":"10.1080\/01605682.2022.2100722","article-title":"Heterogeneous large-scale group decision making with subgroup leaders: An application to the green supplier selection","volume":"74","author":"Ma","year":"2023","journal-title":"Journal of the Operational Research Society"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0031","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9816","DOI":"10.1109\/TSMC.2025.3620250","article-title":"Recent advances, critical reflections, and future directions in large-scale group decision-making: A comprehensive survey","volume":"55","author":"Ma","year":"2025","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems"},{"issue":"02","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0032","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"203","DOI":"10.1142\/S1793005707000720","article-title":"Challenges for improving consensus reaching process in collective decisions","volume":"3","author":"Martinez","year":"2007","journal-title":"New Mathematics and Natural Computation"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0033","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"344","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2023.01.014","article-title":"Ordinal-cardinal consensus analysis for large-scale group decision making with uncertain self-confidence","volume":"93","author":"Meng","year":"2023","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0034","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.engappai.2023.106962","article-title":"A fair consensus adjustment mechanism for large-scale group decision making in term of gini coefficient","volume":"126","author":"Meng","year":"2023","journal-title":"Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0035","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"121","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2021.11.001","article-title":"Minimum cost consensus model for CRP-driven preference optimization analysis in large-scale group decision making using Louvain algorithm","volume":"80","author":"Qin","year":"2022","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0036","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2022.117307","article-title":"Consistency and consensus driven for hesitant fuzzy linguistic decision making with pairwise comparisons","volume":"202","author":"Ren","year":"2022","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0037","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2020.114235","article-title":"Group decision making with hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations based on modified extent measurement","volume":"171","author":"Ren","year":"2021","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0038","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cie.2021.107158","article-title":"A cohesion-driven consensus reaching process for large scale group decision making under a hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets environment","volume":"155","author":"Rodriguez","year":"2021","journal-title":"Computers and Industrial Engineering"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0039","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2011.2170076","article-title":"Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets for decision making","volume":"20","author":"Rodriguez","year":"2011","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0040","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105","DOI":"10.1177\/000812560004200201","article-title":"Common interest, common good: Creating value through business and social sector partnerships","volume":"42","author":"Sagawa","year":"2000","journal-title":"California Management Review"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0041","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"490","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ins.2021.05.084","article-title":"FCM-RDPA: TSK fuzzy regression model construction using fuzzy c-means clustering, regularization, droprule, and powerball adabelief","volume":"574","author":"Shi","year":"2021","journal-title":"Information Sciences"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0042","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1002\/advs.202512301","article-title":"Consensus formation and change are enhanced by neutrality","author":"Sontag","year":"2026","journal-title":"Advanced Science"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0043","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.asoc.2022.109890","article-title":"Large-scale group classification decision making method and its application with trust\u2013interest dual factors in social network","volume":"133","author":"Sun","year":"2023","journal-title":"Applied Soft Computing"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0044","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2023.102184","article-title":"Consensus-reaching process in multi-stage large-scale group decision-making based on social network analysis: Exploring the implication of herding behavior","volume":"104","author":"Sun","year":"2024","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"issue":"1-2","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0045","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117","DOI":"10.1016\/j.camwa.2003.10.004","article-title":"Convexity and upper semicontinuity of fuzzy sets","volume":"48","author":"Syau","year":"2004","journal-title":"Computers and Mathematics with Applications"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0046","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2023.121560","article-title":"A consensus method in social network large-scale group decision making with interval information","volume":"237","author":"Tan","year":"2024","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0047","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"957","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejor.2019.10.006","article-title":"Adaptive consensus reaching process with hybrid strategies for large-scale group decision making","volume":"282","author":"Tang","year":"2020","journal-title":"European Journal of Operational Research"},{"issue":"5-6","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0048","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"311","DOI":"10.1159\/000519089","article-title":"Group identity and ingroup bias: The social identity approach","volume":"65","author":"Verkuyten","year":"2021","journal-title":"Human Development"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0049","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"901","DOI":"10.1007\/s10726-020-09684-0","article-title":"A two-stage optimization model for large-scale group decision-making in disaster management: Minimizing group conflict and maximizing individual satisfaction","volume":"29","author":"Wan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Group Decision and Negotiation"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0050","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2024.102883","article-title":"Minimum adjustment consensus model for multi-person multi-criteria large scale decision-making with trust consistency propagation and opinion dynamics","volume":"117","author":"Wang","year":"2025","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0051","series-title":"Nursing forum","first-page":"103","article-title":"Self-confidence: A concept analysis","volume":"vol. 44","author":"White","year":"2009"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0052","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"293","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2022.3186186","article-title":"Consensus reaching process with multiobjective optimization for large-scale group decision making with cooperative game","volume":"31","author":"Wu","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0053","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5271","DOI":"10.1109\/TSMC.2021.3120809","article-title":"A new clustering algorithm with preference adjustment cost to reduce the cooperation complexity in large-scale group decision making","volume":"52","author":"Wu","year":"2021","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0054","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2022.119163","article-title":"A large-scale consensus model to manage non-cooperative behaviors in group decision making: A perspective based on historical data","volume":"214","author":"Xiong","year":"2023","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0055","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1479","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2023.3328009","article-title":"Managing strategic manipulation behaviors based on historical data of preferences and trust relationships in large-scale group decision-making","volume":"32","author":"Xiong","year":"2023","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0056","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1164","DOI":"10.1016\/j.camwa.2010.05.040","article-title":"Matrix representation and extension of coalition analysis in group decision support","volume":"60","author":"Xu","year":"2010","journal-title":"Computers and Mathematics with Applications"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0057","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.knosys.2019.105108","article-title":"Consensus-based non-cooperative behaviors management in large-group emergency decision-making considering experts\u2019 trust relations and preference risks","volume":"190","author":"Xu","year":"2020","journal-title":"Knowledge-Based Systems"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0058","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1339","DOI":"10.1109\/TSMC.2025.3647277","article-title":"Adaptive conflict resolution model for large-group decision-making based on dynamic trust relationship evolution and weight determination","volume":"56","author":"Yan","year":"2026","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0059","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2023.101820","article-title":"Managing non-cooperative behaviors in large-scale group decision making based on trust relationships and confidence levels of decision makers","volume":"97","author":"Yang","year":"2023","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0060","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ins.2025.122196","article-title":"A large-scale consensus decision-making model for non-cooperative behavior based on incomplete probabilistic hesitant fuzzy information in social trust networks","volume":"714","author":"Yang","year":"2025","journal-title":"Information Sciences"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0061","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dss.2025.114506","article-title":"A novel fuzzy nonparallel support vector machine for identifying helpful online reviews","volume":"196","author":"Zhang","year":"2025","journal-title":"Decision Support Systems"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0062","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2022.116615","article-title":"Clustering and compatibility-based approach for large-scale group decision making with hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations: An application in e-waste recycling","volume":"197","author":"Zheng","year":"2022","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0063","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4759","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2024.3409720","article-title":"Biobjective optimization method for large-scale group decision making based on hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations with granularity levels","volume":"32","author":"Zheng","year":"2024","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0064","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"86","DOI":"10.1007\/s12559-023-10184-x","article-title":"Large group decision-making method based on social network analysis: Integrating evaluation information and trust relationships","volume":"16","author":"Zhong","year":"2024","journal-title":"Cognitive Computation"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0065","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cie.2024.110504","article-title":"An ordinal-cardinal consensus adjustment allocation mechanism for large-scale group decision making based on the consistency of distributed preference relations under fuzzy uncertainty","volume":"197","author":"Zhou","year":"2024","journal-title":"Computers and Industrial Engineering"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0066","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.inffus.2023.101969","article-title":"Consensus reaching process for group decision-making based on trust network and ordinal consensus measure","volume":"101","author":"Zhou","year":"2024","journal-title":"Information Fusion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0067","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2023.121998","article-title":"A statistical approach to large-scale group decision making with incomplete hesitant fuzzy linguistic information by incorporating risk attitude","volume":"238","author":"Zhou","year":"2024","journal-title":"Expert Systems with Applications"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331_bib0068","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"35","DOI":"10.1109\/TFUZZ.2013.2245136","article-title":"Consistency measures for hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations","volume":"22","author":"Zhu","year":"2014","journal-title":"IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems"}],"container-title":["Expert Systems with Applications"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0957417426022402?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0957417426022402?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,5]],"date-time":"2026-07-05T03:41:14Z","timestamp":1783222874000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0957417426022402"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,12]]},"references-count":68,"alternative-id":["S0957417426022402"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331","relation":{},"ISSN":["0957-4174"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0957-4174","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,12]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"An optimization-based consensus decision model for large-scale group decision making with hesitant fuzzy linguistic preferences considering trust and coopetitive relationships","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Expert Systems with Applications","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eswa.2026.133331","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 Published by Elsevier Ltd.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"133331"}}