Meaningful aggregation functions mapping ordinal scales into an ordinal scale: a state of the art

DOI10.1007/S00010-009-2961-2MaRDI QIDQ623505zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jean-Luc Marichal, Radko Mesiar

Publication date 7 February 2011

Published in Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2434

zbMATH Keywords

aggregation functionscomparison meaningfulnessordinal scaleslattice polynomial functionsorder invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measurement and performance in psychology (91E45) Functional equations for real functions (39B22) Total orders (06A05) Systems of functional equations and inequalities (39B72)

Abstract: We present an overview of the meaningful aggregation functions mapping ordinal scales into an ordinal scale. Three main classes are discussed, namely order invariant functions, comparison meaningful functions on a single ordinal scale, and comparison meaningful functions on independent ordinal scales. It appears that the most prominent meaningful aggregation functions are lattice polynomial functions, that is, functions built only on projections and minimum and maximum operations.

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