Characterizations of the logarithmic least squares method

zbMATH Open1438.90145arXiv1704.05321MaRDI QIDQ5228230FDOQ5228230

Authors: László Csató 

Publication date: 9 August 2019

Abstract: We provide an axiomatic characterization of the Logarithmic Least Squares Method (sometimes called row geometric mean), used for deriving a preference vector from a pairwise comparison matrix. This procedure is shown to be the only one satisfying two properties, correctness in the consistent case, which requires the reproduction of the inducing vector for any consistent matrix, and invariance to a specific transformation on a triad, that is, the weight vector is not influenced by an arbitrary multiplication of matrix elements along a 3-cycle by a positive scalar.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05321

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zbMATH Keywords

rankingdecision analysischaracterizationgeometric meanpairwise comparisonsaxiomatic approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Individual preferences (91B08)

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