Selection by pairwise comparisons with limited resources

Paolo Laureti, Joachim Mathiesen and Yi-Cheng Zhang

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 338, issue 3, 596-604

Abstract: We analyze different methods of sorting and selecting a set of objects by their intrinsic value, via pairwise comparisons whose outcome is uncertain. After discussing the limits of repeated Round Robins, two new methods are presented: The ran-fil requires no previous knowledge on the set under consideration, yet displaying good performances even in the least favorable case. The min-ent method sets a benchmark for optimal dynamic tournaments design.

Keywords: Tournament design; Information filtering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.023

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