A cardinal dissensus measure based on the Mahalanobis distance

T. González-Arteaga, José Alcantud () and R. de Andrés Calle

European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 251, issue 2, 575-585

Abstract: In this paper we address the problem of measuring the degree of consensus/dissensus in a context where experts or agents express their opinions on alternatives or issues by means of cardinal evaluations. To this end we propose a new class of distance-based consensus model, the family of the Mahalanobis dissensus measures for profiles of cardinal values. We set forth some meaningful properties of the Mahalanobis dissensus measures. Finally, an application over a real empirical example is presented and discussed.

Keywords: Decision analysis; Consensus/dissensus; Cardinal profile; Mahalanobis distance; Correlation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.11.019

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