Two-sided matching theory-based second-hand house transaction evaluation and recommendation by the modified PLC-DEMATEL method

Abstract

To enhance the two-sided matching efficiency in a multi-source heterogeneous environment, this paper takes the randomness and unstructured features of the online comments into consideration, and proposes a new matching mechanism by introducing the complex information representation tool. Firstly, the concept of the probabilistic linguistic normal cloud (PLNC) model is introduced to preserve information cohesion and characteristic distribution. Next, the basic operation laws and corresponding operators are given. Then, an innovative maximum boundary concept skipping the indirect approach is presented to update the similarity degree and distance measures, also the correlation coefficient. Furthermore, for the multi-indicator systems with interactions, the peer experts are invited to evaluate the relationship between indicators, a modified algorithm based on the Decision-Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method is applied to obtain the subjective weights of indicators. After that, a whole matching process and a correlation coefficient cluster method-based recommendation algorithm are presented. A case study is provided to illustrate the method, wherein a new indicator system is constructed by analyzing the correlation of multiple indicators based on online linguistic evaluations. The random forest model is combined to obtain the objective weights and balance its reliability. Finally, sensitivity analysis and comparative analysis are employed to validate the effectiveness and applicability.