Yucheng Dong is a Professor at the Business School of Sichuan University, China. His current research interests include linguistic decision making, group decision making, opinion dynamics, social network decision making. He is the author or coauthor of over 90 refereed articles published in international journals, a member of the editorial board of Information Fusion and the area editor of Computers and Industrial Engineering.Jiuping Xu is a Cheung Kong Professor at the Business School of Sichuan University, China. He has published over 40 books, and he is the author or coauthor of more than 200 refereed articles published in international journals. Dr. Xu is the President of the International Society for Management Science and Engineering Management, and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management.

• 1Introduction.- 2Numerical Scale Model.- 3A Unified Framework.- 4Consistency of Interval-Like Reciprocal Preference Relations.- 5Consistency-Driven Methodology.- 6Applications in Various Decision Problems.

Yucheng Dong is a Professor at the Business School of Sichuan University, China. His current research interests include linguistic decision making, group decision making, opinion dynamics, social network decision making. He is the author or coauthor of over 90 refereed articles published in international journals, a member of the editorial board of Information Fusion and the area editor of Computers and Industrial Engineering.Jiuping Xu is a Cheung Kong Professor at the Business School of Sichuan University, China. He has published over 40 books, and he is the author or coauthor of more than 200 refereed articles published in international journals. Dr. Xu is the President of the International Society for Management Science and Engineering Management, and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management.

• 1Introduction.- 2Numerical Scale Model.- 3A Unified Framework.- 4Consistency of Interval-Like Reciprocal Preference Relations.- 5Consistency-Driven Methodology.- 6Applications in Various Decision Problems.

Yucheng Dong is a Professor at the Business School of Sichuan University, China. His current research interests include linguistic decision making, group decision making, opinion dynamics, social network decision making. He is the author or coauthor of over 90 refereed articles published in international journals, a member of the editorial board of Information Fusion and the area editor of Computers and Industrial Engineering.Jiuping Xu is a Cheung Kong Professor at the Business School of Sichuan University, China. He has published over 40 books, and he is the author or coauthor of more than 200 refereed articles published in international journals. Dr. Xu is the President of the International Society for Management Science and Engineering Management, and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management.

• 1Introduction.- 2Numerical Scale Model.- 3A Unified Framework.- 4Consistency of Interval-Like Reciprocal Preference Relations.- 5Consistency-Driven Methodology.- 6Applications in Various Decision Problems.