Title
A general formulation for some inconsistency indices of pairwise comparisons.
Abstract
We propose a unifying approach to the problem of measuring the inconsistency of judgments. More precisely, we define a general framework to allow several well-known inconsistency indices to be expressed as special cases of this new formulation. We consider inconsistency indices as aggregations of ‘local’, i.e. triple-based, inconsistencies. We show that few reasonable assumptions guarantee a set of good properties for the obtained general inconsistency index. Under this representation, we prove a property of Pareto efficiency and show that OWA functions and t-conorms are suitable aggregation functions of local inconsistencies. We argue that the flexibility of this proposal allows tuning of the index. For example, by using different types of OWA functions, the analyst can obtain the desired balance between an averaging behavior and a ‘largest inconsistency-focused’ behavior.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s10479-018-2936-6
Annals OR
Keywords
Field
DocType
Pairwise comparisons, Multiplicative preference relations, Consistency, Inconsistency index, Analytic hierarchy process, Aggregation, OWA functions
Pairwise comparison,Mathematical optimization,Pareto efficiency,Mathematics,Analytic hierarchy process
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
274
1-2
1572-9338
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
26
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Matteo Brunelli130317.62
Michele Fedrizzi234220.01