Excluded-Mean-Variance Neural Decision Analyzer for Qualitative Group Decision Making
Table 3
Evaluation of factors (evidences) and pre-processing (excluded mean, excluded variance, and variance influence function) of each factor (evidence), and individual decisions. (number of factor (evidence), ; number of evaluators, .)
Evaluators
Evidence/factors
Individual decision
5
−1
−1
X
−6
−5
1
3
X
X
−2
1
4
3
No
X
X
5
1
−3
−2
−2
5
−5
−1
4
5
2
7
No
−3
−4
9
2
−2
−1
−7
9
X
1
−2
6
−1
4
Yes
5
−2
X
1
−6
−4
1
10
X
−1
−3
2
6
5
Yes
1
−1
4
X
X
−5
−2
−1
−2
X
X
5
X
−1
No
2
−1
5
−3
−1
−6
X
2
X
X
−1
6
1
5
No
−2
−2
3
1
−6
1
−2
2
−2
2
−4
3
6
4
No
3
−1
2
X
−4
2
−4
5
1
X
1
5
−1
X
No
4
−3
2
1
X
−1
X
8
−4
1
1
−7
8
2
Yes
4
−2
−2
−1
−7
1
−1
6
−1
X
3
5
4
7
Yes
2
1
5
1
−4
6
−4
5
−5
X
−6
4
−2
X
Yes
5
−5
3
1
−3
X
−4
3
−2
X
X
1
6
5
Yes
X
−3
−2
1
X
X
−3
4
−1
2
−3
2
6
3
Yes
−1
2
X
2
−5
1
2
6
−1
1
7
5
7
5
Yes
3
−5
−1
−1
−7
2
−2
10
−2
1
1
X
2
9
Yes
X
−2
8
X
−6
−1
X
7
1
−1
X
X
7
7
Yes
1
3
4
−1
4
−4
5
5
−2
1
−4
1
6
7
Yes
5
1
−2
1
−4
−2
1
−1
3
1
−1
3
2
9
Yes
−2
−5
5
1
−6
4
−1
3
−3
1
−1
8
8
4
Yes
3
−4
7
3
−5
1
−6
10
−2
X
X
−2
−2
3
No
6
−3
5
−1
X
3
−4
10
−1
1
2
−6
8
−1
Yes
−1
−2
−1
X
X
−2
−2
3
X
1
X
−4
9
3
No
3
X
1
1
−3
−1
4
5
X
X
1
3
10
4
Yes
X
X
6
1
X
3
−3
X
X
1
1
−4
5
2
No
7
−7
1
1
3
−2
−6
1
−5
X
X
−1
7
3
No
4
2
2
X
−6
−6
X
7
−1
2
4
3
5
1
No
5
−2
−2
2
−6
−2
−7
2
−4
X
X
−2
1
6
No
2
−7
2
−1
X
−1
−8
9
1
1
5
5
X
6
No
X
−6
1
−1
X
X
3
7
−3
2
−1
3
2
5
No
1
−3
1
−1
−4
2
3
4
4
X
−6
7
1
9
No
2
−3
2
X
X
−1
−10
10
−1
1
−1
2
1
2
No
1
−1
1
−1
−3
1
−3
7
1
−1
−3
X
8
5
Yes
3
4
3
−2
−3
−2
−4
8
−4
X
−4
2
6
−1
No
−1
−2
3
X
−1
−1
−1
8
−2
1
−2
−1
−1
2
No
−1
−5
3
X
1
2
−5
8
X
X
3
1
1
7
Yes
X
−5
7
X
−5
3
3
3
−2
X
4
−4
4
−3
No
−3
−4
X
1
−2
−1
−2
3
X
X
6
X
−1
7
No
X
1
6
1
−3
−4
−7
9
2
X
2
9
4
X
Yes
3
−1
2
−2
−3
X
3
−2
−1
X
−4
4
9
−1
No
X
X
1
X
−2
−1
−2
3
−3
−1
−1
4
2
X
No
−2
−1
−1
X
1
−4
−6
10
−2
X
1
5
3
X
No
5
−6
−3
2
−4
−3
−2
7
−2
1
−2
4
6
−3
No
X
−2
4
−1
−2
−3
−8
1
4
X
−1
−2
−1
1
No
4
−1
2
−3
2
X
−2
5
−1
X
1
8
3
X
Yes
−1
−1
4
−1
−3
X
−2
6
X
X
1
4
X
6
Yes
−4
−2
8
−2
2
X
1
4
1
X
1
3
1
3
Yes
6
−1
9
1
−2
X
−8
6
−1
2
−3
−3
1
4
Yes
1
−2
−2
−1
−2
−5
−3
5
1
X
−3
−4
−2
4
No
3
−2
X
−1
1
1
1
−1
2
−1
−3
−1
2
7
No
1
−8
1
X
−4
1
−4
3
−2
−2
−4
3
X
2
No
1.93
−2.26
2.61
0.05
−2.90
−0.86
−2.37
5.14
−1.15
0.62
−0.37
1.98
3.54
3.82
7.97
6.82
9.98
2.27
7.74
8.13
12.77
10.58
5.26
1.37
9.91
14.69
11.54
9.22
0.3
1.1
0
102.8
0.4
0.3
0
0
5.2
255.1
0
0
0
0
“X” represents “irrelevant”. (Note that the two highest values of the VIF corresponding to the two lowest variances are indicated in bold and italic).