On the possible merging functions

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(89)90054-1zbMath0675.90005OpenAlexW2027880443MaRDI QIDQ1122455

Fred S. Roberts, János Aczél

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)90054-1

zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic meangeometric meanconsensusmerging functionsindividual numerical judgementslaws of science

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Functional inequalities, including subadditivity, convexity, etc. (39B62) Social choice (91B14) Functional equations and inequalities (39B99) Mathematical psychology (91E99)

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