The wandering ideal point model: A probabilistic multidimensional unfolding model for paired comparisons data (Q1091071)

Moderate utility models are closely related to moderate stochastic transitivity: if p(a,b) denotes the probability of preferring a to b and if p(a,b)\(\geq\) and p(b,c)\(\geq\), then p(a,c)\(\geq \min (p(a,b),p(b,c))\). Taking max instead of min we obtain strong stochastic transitivity and strong utility models. This paper develops a new moderate utility model which is an analogue of the wandering vector model. Properties of this model are studied and visualized. An example of \textit{D. Rumelhart} and \textit{J. G. Greeno} [Similarity between stimuli: An experimental test of the Luce and Restle choice models. ibid. 8, 370-381 (1971)] illustrates the theory.