On the Borda-Kendall Consensus Method for Priority Ranking Problems

This paper investigates the Borda-Kendall method for the determination of a consensus ranking. It is shown that in the case of ties the method does not perform as claimed. A "minimum variance" method for determining the consensus ranking is proposed and its properties examined. It is shown...

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Veröffentlicht in:Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1954. - 28(1982), 6, Seite 621-637
1. Verfasser: Cook, Wade D. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Seiford, Lawrence M.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1982
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Management Science
Schlagworte:Utility/Preference-Theory Utility/Preference-Scaling Integer Programming-Applications Behavioral sciences Mathematics Economics