The probability of intransitivity of pairwise comparisons in individual preference

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(89)90017-6MaRDI QIDQ1122453zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors William V. Gehrlein

Publication date 1989

Published in Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(89)90017-6

zbMATH Keywords

multiple attributes of comparisonpairwise comparisonsprobability of intransitivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Individual preferences (91B08)

Review text

This study considers a model for the method by which an individual determines preference in pairwise comparisons on the basis of multiple attributes of comparison. The model is based on earlier work, by \textit{K. May} [Econometrica 22, 1-13 (1954)], that attempted to explain empirical results on pairwise comparisons. May's model is used to obtain estimates of the probability that an individual's complete set of pairwise responses is transitive. Results indicate that, with this model of preference determination, intransitivity should be expected to occur regularly in an individual's pairwise comparisons.

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