A group-theoretical perspective on inconsistency in pairwise comparisons
Year: 2015
Type: preprint
Abstract: This study presents an abelian group approach to analyzing inconsistency in pairwise comparisons. However, it wrongly assumes that an inconsistency indicator can take values in any abelian linearly ordered group. The followup publication (On normalization of inconsistency indicators in pairwise comparisons, a collaboration which includes two of three authors of this publication) shows that any inconsistency indicator should be normalized for a number of practical and theoretical reasons. The publication below fails to demonstrate even one example of a non trivial group (other than a group consisting of real numbers. However, some obtained results (under erroneous assumptions) are still valid.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2802062647