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Data governance services evaluation: a multi-attribute group decision-making method with multigranular uncertain linguistic variables

Zimi Wang (School of Law, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 14 April 2023

Issue publication date: 15 August 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Government organizations often store large amounts of data and need to choose effective data governance service to achieve digital government. This paper aims to propose a novel multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method with multigranular uncertain linguistic variables for the selection of data governance service provider.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper presents a MAGDM method based on multigranular uncertain linguistic variables and minimum adjustment consensus. First, a novel transformation function is proposed to unify the multigranular uncertain linguistic variables. Then, the weights of the criteria are determined by building a linear programming model with positive and negative ideal solutions. To obtain the consensus opinion, a minimum adjustment consensus model with multigranular uncertain linguistic variables is established. Furthermore, the consensus opinion is aggregated to obtain the best data governance service provider. Finally, the proposed method is demonstrated by the application of the selection of data governance service provider.

Findings

The proposed consensus model with minimum adjustments could facilitate the consensus building and obtain a higher group consensus, while traditional consensus methods often need multiple rounds of modifications. Due to different backgrounds and professional fields, decision-makers (DMs) often provide multigranular uncertain linguistic variables. The proposed transformation function based on the positive ideal solution could help DMs understand each other and facilitate the interactions among DMs.

Originality/value

The minimum adjustment consensus-based MAGDM method with multigranular uncertain linguistic variables is proposed to achieve the group consensus. The application of the proposed method in the selection of data governance service provider is also investigated.

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Acknowledgements

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Citation

Wang, Z. (2024), "Data governance services evaluation: a multi-attribute group decision-making method with multigranular uncertain linguistic variables", Kybernetes, Vol. 53 No. 9, pp. 2775-2798. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-01-2023-0061

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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