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 meaningfulnesslattice polynomial functionsorder invarianceordinal scales

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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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