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Monographs

[01] Zhen Zhang, Wenyu Yu, Zhuolin Li. Modeling Complex Linguistic Information to Support Group Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2024, ISBN: 978-981-97-3583-9.

Book Chapters

[01] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Association rules evaluation by a hybrid multiple criteria decision method, in: G. Yang (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Studies in Knowledge and Systems Science, IGI Global, Hershey PA, 2013, pp. 167-178. (Selected paper from the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science)

Journal Articals

[54] Zhen Zhang, Zhuolin Li*, Wenyu Yu*. Lexicographic optimization-based approaches to learning a representative model for multi-criteria sorting with non-monotonic criteria, Computers & Operations Research, 2025, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.cor.2024.106917. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=4.1, ABS 3)

[53] Zhuolin Li, Zhen Zhang*, Witold Pedrycz. Integrating machine learning models to learn potentially non-monotonic preferences for multi-criteria sorting from large-scale assignment examples, Omega, 2025, 131, 103219. (SCI, SSCI, EI, IF=6.7, ABS 3)

[52] Zhuolin Li, Zhen Zhang*. Modeling personalized individual semantics in multicriteria decision making with incomplete linguistic preference relations: A preference disaggregation perspective, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2024, doi: 10.1109/TSMC.2024.3472699. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=8.6, ABS 3) 

[51] Shanglei Chai, Wenjun Chu,  Zhen Zhang, Zhilong Li, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin*. Dynamic nonlinear connectedness between the green bonds, clean energy, and stock price: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Annals of Operations Research, 2024, in press, doi: 10.1007/s10479-021-04452-y. (SCI, 2023 IF=4.4, ESI highly cited paper)

[50] Shanglei Chai, Zixuan Zhang, Zhen Zhang*. Carbon price prediction for China's ETS pilots using variational mode decomposition and optimized extreme learning machine, Annals of Operations Research, 2024, in press, doi: 10.1007/s10479-021-04392-7. (SCI, 2023 IF=4.4)

[49] Qian Liang, Chenyu Luo, Zhen Zhang, Dong Cheng*. Mining ordinal-cardinal consensus for large-scale group decision making with incomplete fuzzy preference relations, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2024, 32(6): 3542-3555. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=10.7).

[48] Tiantian Gai, Jian Wu, Changyong Liang, Mingshuo Cao, Zhen Zhang. A quality function deployment model by social network and group decision making: Application to product design of e-commerce platforms, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2024, 133, 108509. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=7.5)

[47] Zhuolin Li, Zhen Zhang, Wenyu Yu*. Consensus reaching for ordinal classification-based group decision making with heterogeneous preference information, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2024, 75(2), pp. 224-245. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2023 IF=2.7, ESI highly cited paper)

[46] Zhuolin Li, Zhen Zhang*. Threshold-based value-driven method to support consensus reaching in multicriteria group sorting problems: A minimum adjustment perspective, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 2024, 11(1), pp. 1230-1243. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=4.5, ESI highly cited paper)

[45] Jian Wu, Guangyin Zhang, Yumei Xing, Yujia Liu*, Zhen Zhang, Yucheng Dong, Enrique Herrera-Viedma. A sentiment analysis driven method based on public and personal preferences with correlated attributes to select online doctors, Applied Intelligence, 2023, 53(16), pp. 19093-19114. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=3.4) 

[44] Zhen Zhang*, Zhuolin Li. Consensus-based TOPSIS-Sort-B for multi-criteria sorting in the context of group decision making, Annals of Operations Research, 2023, 325(2), pp. 911-938. (SCI, 2023 IF=4.4, ESI highly cited paper)

[43] Peng Li, Zhiwei Xu, Zhen Zhang*, Zhuolin Li, Cuiping Wei. Consensus reaching in multi-criteria social network group decision making: A stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis-based method, Information Fusion, 2023, 97, 101825. (SCI, EI, 2023 IF=14.7, ESI highly cited paper)

[42] Zhen Zhang*, Zhuolin Li. A consensus model for group decision making by considering personalized individual semantics and consistency, Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2023, 37(6), pp. 157-168. (in Chinese, FMS-T1)

[41] Tiantian Gai, Mingshuo Cao, Francisco Chiclana, Zhen Zhang, Yucheng Dong, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Jian Wu*. Consensus-trust driven bidirectional feedback mechanism for improving consensus in social network large-group decision making, Group Decision and Negotiation, 2023, 32(1), pp. 45-74, doi: 10.1007/s10726-022-09798-7. (SSCI检索号: WOS:000854828200001, 2023 IF=3.6, ESI highly cited paper, ESI Hot Paper)

[40] Yiling Yang, Tiantian Gai, Mingshuo Cao, Zhen Zhang, Hengjie Zhang, Jian Wu*. Application of group decision making in shipping industry 4.0: Bibliometric analysis, trends and future directions, Systems, 2023, 11(2), 69. (SSCI, 2023 IF=2.3, ESI highly cited paper, ESI Hot Paper)

[39] Yuan Gao, Zhen Zhang*. Consensus reaching with non-cooperative behavior management for personalized individual semantics-based social network group decision making, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2022, 73(11), pp. 2518-2535. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2022 IF=3.6, ESI highly cited paper, ESI Hot Paper)

[38] Youwei Chen, Pengwei Zhao, Zhen Zhang, Juncheng Bai, Yuqi Guo. A stock price forecasting model integrating complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition and independent component analysis, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2022, 15(1), 75. (SCI, EI, 2022 IF=2.9)

[37] Shanglei Chai, Xiaoli Yang, Zhen Zhang, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin*, Brian Lucey. Regional imbalances of market efficiency in China's pilot emission trading schemes (ETS): A multifractal perspective, Research in International Business and Finance, 2022, 63, 101758. (SSCI, 2022 IF=6.5)

[36] Zhen Zhang*, Zhuolin Li. Personalized individual semantics-based consistency control and consensus reaching in linguistic group decision making, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2022, 52(9),  pp. 5623-5635. (SCI, EI, 2022 IF=8.7, ESI highly cited paper, ESI Hot Paper)

[35] Lin Tang, Leilei Sun, Chonghui Guo, Zhen Zhang. Adaptive spectral affinity propagation clustering, Journal of  Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2022, 33(3), pp. 647-664. (SCI, EI, 2022 IF=2.1)

[34] Zhuolin Li, Zhen Zhang, Wenyu Yu*. Consensus reaching with consistency control in group decision making with incomplete hesitant fuzzy linguistic preference relations, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022, 170, 108311. (SCI, EI, 2022 IF=7.9, ESI highly cited paper)

[33] Yating Liu, Yao Li, Zhen Zhang*, Yi Xu, Yucheng Dong. Classification-based strategic weight manipulation in multiple attribute decision making, Expert Systems with Applications, 2022, 197, 116781. (SCI, EI, 2022 IF=8.5)

[32] Qingxing Dong*, Qi Sheng, Luis Martinez, Zhen Zhang*. An adaptive group decision making framework: Individual and local world opinion based opinion dynamics, Information Fusion, 2022, 78, pp. 218-231. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2022 IF=18.6)

[31] Zhen Zhang, Xinyue Kou, Wenyu Yu*, Yuan Gao. Consistency improvement for fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence: An application in two-sided matching decision making, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2021, 72(8), pp. 1914-1927. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2021 IF=3.051, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[30] Zhen Zhang*, Zhuolin Li, Yuan Gao. Consensus reaching for group decision making with multi-granular unbalanced linguistic information: A bounded confidence and minimum adjustment-based approach, Information Fusion, 2021, 74, pp. 96-110. (SCI, EI, 2021 IF=17.564, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[29] Wenyu Yu, Zhen Zhang*, Qiuyan Zhong. Consensus reaching for MAGDM with multi-granular hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets: a minimum adjustment-based approach, Annals of Operations Research, 2021, 300(2), pp. 443-466. (SCI, 2021 IF=4.82, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[28] Hengjie Zhang, Fang Wang, Qingxing Dong, Zaiwu Gong, Jian Wu, Zhibin Wu, Yejun Xu, Zhen Zhang, Yucheng Dong*, Consensus reaching in group decision making: Research progress and prospect, Journal of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (Social Sciences Edition), 2021, 23(2), pp. 26-37. 

[27] Lin Tang, Chonghui Guo*, Leilei Sun, Yuqian Zuo, Zhen Zhang. A simulation research towards better leverage of sales ranking, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 2021, , 2021, 30(1), pp. 105-122. (SCI, EI, 2021 IF=1.265)

[26] Zhen Zhang, Junliang Gao, Yuan Gao, Wenyu Yu*. Two-sided matching decision making with multi-granular hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets and incomplete criteria weight information, Expert Systems with Applications, 2021, 168, 114311. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2021 IF=8.665, ESI Highly Cited Paper) 

[25] Yuzhu Wu, Zhen Zhang, Gang Kou, Hengjie Zhang, Xiangrui Chao, Cong-Cong Li, Yucheng Dong*, Francisco Herrera. Distributed linguistic representations in decision making: Taxonomy, applications, and challenges in data science and artificial intelligence, Information Fusion, 2021, 65, pp.165-178. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2021 IF=17.564, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[24] Shanglei Chai, Zhen Zhang*, Mo Du, Le Jiang. Volatility similarity and spillover effects in G20 stock market co-movements: An ICA-based ARMA-APARCH-M approach, Complexity, 2020, Article ID 8872307. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2020 IF=2.833)

[23] Zhen Zhang, Wenyu Yu*, Luis Martinez, Yuan Gao. Managing multigranular unbalanced hesitant fuzzy linguistic information in multiattribute lrge-scale group decision making: A linguistic distribution-based approach, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2020, 28(11), pp. 2875-2889. (SCI, EI, 2020 IF=12.029, ESI highly cited paper, ESI Hot Paper)

[22] Zhen Zhang*, Yuan Gao, Zhuolin Li. Consensus reaching for social network group decision making by considering leadership and bounded confidence, Knowledge-Based Systems, 2020, 204, 106240. (SCI, EI, 2020 IF=8.038, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[21] Zhen Zhang, Xinyue Kou,  Iván Palomares, Wenyu Yu*, Junliang Gao. Stable two-sided matching with incomplete fuzzy preference relations: A disappointment theory based approach, Applied Soft Computing, 2019, 84, 105730. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2019 IF=5.472)

[20] Yue Zheng, Guangquan Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Jie Lu*. A reducibility method for the weak linear bilevel programming problems and a case study in principal-agent, Information Sciences, 2018, 454-455, pp. 46-58. (SCI, EI, 2018 IF=5.524)

[19] Zhen Zhang*, Xinyue Kou, Wenyu Yu, Chonghui Guo. On priority weights and consistency for incomplete hesitant fuzzy preference relations, Knowledge-Based Systems, 2018, 143, pp. 115-126. (SCI, EI, 2018 IF=5.101, ESI highly cited paper, ESI Hot Paper)

[18] Zhen Zhang, Xinyue Kou, Qingxing Dong*. Additive consistency analysis and improvement for hesitant fuzzy preference relations, Expert Systems with Applications, 2018, 98, pp. 118-128.  (SCI, EI, 2018 IF=4.292, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[17] Wenyu Yu, Qiuyan Zhong, Zhen Zhang*. Multi-granular hesitant fuzzy linguistic group decision making with incomplete weight information, Systems Engineering — Theory & Practice, 2018, 38(3), pp. 777-785. (in Chinese, EI)

[16] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Deriving priority weights from intuitionistic multiplicative preference relations under group decision-making settings, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2017, 68(12), pp. 1582-1599. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2017 IF=1.396)

[15] Wenyu Yu, Zhen Zhang*, Qiuyan Zhong, Leilei Sun. Extended TODIM for multi-criteria group decision making based on unbalanced hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2017, 114, pp. 316-328. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2017 IF=3.195, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[14] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo, Luis Martinez. Managing multigranular linguistic distribution assessments in large-scale multiattribute group decision making, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2017, 47(11), pp. 3063-3076. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2017 IF=5.131, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[13] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. A VIKOR-based approach to group decision making with uncertain preference ordinals and incomplete weight information, Informatica, 2016, 27(3), pp. 689-708. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2016 IF=1.056)

[12] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Consistency and consensus models for group decision-making with uncertain 2-tuple linguistic preference relations, International Journal of Systems Science, 2016, 47(11), pp. 2572-2587. (SCI, SSCI, EI, 2016 IF=2.285)

[11] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Fusion of heterogeneous incomplete hesitant preference relations in group decision making, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2016, 9(2), pp. 245-262. (SCI, EI, 2016 IF=1.14)

[10] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Notes on “logarithmic least squares method to priority for group decision making with incomplete fuzzy preference relations”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2016, 40(3), pp. 1788-1792. (SCI, EI, 2016 IF=2.35)

[09] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Consistency-based algorithms to estimate missing elements for uncertain 2-tuple linguistic preference relations, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2014, 7(5), pp. 924-936. (SCI, EI, 2014 IF=0.574)

[08] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. An approach to group decision making with heterogeneous incomplete uncertain preference relations, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2014, 71, pp. 27-36. (SCI, EI, 2014 IF=1.783)

[07] Chonghui Guo, Jiajia Wang, Zhen Zhang. Evolutionary community structure discovery in dynamic weighted networks, Physica A, 2014, 413, pp. 565-576. (SCI, EI, 2014 IF=1.732)

[06] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. A method for multi-granularity uncertain linguistic group decision making with incomplete weight information, Knowledge-Based Systems, 2012, 26, pp. 111-119. (SCI, EI, 2012 IF=4.104)

[05] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. A multi-granularity uncertain linguistic group decision making method based on relative entropy, Journal of Dalian University of Technology, 2012, 52(6), pp. 921-927. (in Chinese, EI)

[04] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Association rules evaluation by a hybrid multiple criteria decision method, International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS), 2011, 2(3), pp. 14-25.

[03] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Multiple attributes group decision making method based on two-tuple linguistic information processing, Control and Decision, 2011, 26(12), pp. 1881- 1885. (in Chinese, EI)

[02] Chonghui Guo, Zhen Zhang. Interestingness evaluation of association rules based on combination evaluation method, Journal of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Information, 2011, 30(4), pp. 353-360. (in Chinese)

[01] Shanglei Chai, Chonghui Guo, Zhen Zhang. Asymmetric and heteroskedastic model of volatility of international stock index and its clustering analysis, Journal of Systems and Management, 2011, 20(2), pp. 136-142. (in Chinese)

Conference Papers

[15] Zhen Zhang, Zhuolin Li, Wenyu Yu*. Some models to improve the worst consistency level of hesitant fuzzy preference relations. In Proceedings of the 14th International FLINS Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (FLINS 2020), pp. 327–335, Cologne, Germany, 18-21 August 2020.

[14] Amin Mahmoudi, Saad Ahmed Javed, Zhen Zhang*, Xiaopeng Deng. Grey group QUALIFLEX method: Application in project management. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering (ISKE 2019), pp. 189-195, Dalian, China, 14-16 November, 2019. (EI)

[13] Zhen Zhang, Yuan Gao, Wenyu Yu*. Group decision making with linguistic distribution preference relations: An interval numerical scale-based approach. In Proceedings of  the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering (ISKE 2019), pp. 125-128, Dalian, China, 14-16 November, 2019. (EI)

[12] Zhen Zhang, Junliang Gao, Wenyu Yu*. Evaluating collaboration ability of R&D team members: A multi-granular hesitant fuzzy linguistic approach. In Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT 2019), pp. 30-36, Prague, 9-13 September, 2019. (EI, ISTP)

[11] Zhen Zhang, Wenyu Yu. An optimization-based approach to aggregating multi-granular hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets. In Proceedings of the 13th International FLINS Conference on Data Science and Knowledge Engineering for Sensing Decision Support (FLINS 2018), pp. 205-212, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, 21-24, August 2018. (ISTP)

[10] Zhen Zhang, Xinyue Kou, Wenyu Yu. Two-sided matching decision making based on heterogeneous incomplete preference relations. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering (ISKE 2017), pp. 1-6, Nanjing, China, 24-26 November, 2017. (EI, ISTP)

[09] Wei Wei, Chonghui Guo, Jingfeng Chen, Zhen Zhang. Textual topic evolution analysis based on term co-occurrence: A case study on the government work report of the State Council (1954-2017). In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering (ISKE 2017), pp. 1-6, Nanjing, China, 24-26 November, 2017. (EI, ISTP)

[08] Wenyu Yu, Zhen Zhang*, Qiuyan Zhong. A TODIM-based approach to large-scale group decision making with multi-granular unbalanced linguistic information. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), pp. 1-8, Naples, Italy, 9-12 July, 2017. (EI, ISTP)

[07] Zhen Zhang, Wenyu Yu, Chonghui Guo. Group decision making based on acceptably consistent interval multiplicative preference relations. In Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS 2016), published by CCIS (vol. 660), pp. 165-174, Kobe, Japan, 4-6 November, 2016. (EI, ISTP)

[06] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Minimum adjustment-based consistency and consensus models for group decision making with interval pairwise comparison matrices. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), pp. 1701-1708, Vancouver, Canada, 24-29 July, 2016. (EI, ISTP)

[05] Wenyu Yu, Qiuyan Zhong, Zhen Zhang*. Fusing multi-granular unbalanced hesitant fuzzy linguistic information in group decision making. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), pp. 872-879, Vancouver, Canada, 24-29 July, 2016. (EI, ISTP)

[04] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. New operations of hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets with applications in multi-attribute group decision making. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2015), pp. 1-8, Istanbul, Turkey, 2-5 August, 2015. (EI, ISTP)

[03] Zhen Zhang, Guangquan Zhang, Jie Lu, Chonghui Guo. A fuzzy tri-level decision making algorithm and its application in supply chain. In Proceedings of the 8th conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT 2013), pp. 154-160, Milan, Italy, 11-13 September, 2013. (EI,ISTP)

[02] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. A hybrid multiple attributes two-sided matching decision making method with incomplete weight information. In Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems (MCS 2011), published by LNAI (Vol. 6889), pp. 272-283, Lanzhou, China, 7-9 September, 2011. (EI)

[01] Zhen Zhang, Chonghui Guo. Ranking association rules by TOPSIS method with combination weights. In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences (KSS2009), Hong Kong, China, 3-4 Dec. 2009. (CD-ROM).