An axiomatic study of Majority-rule (+ ) and associated consensus functions on hierarchies

Consensus trees have been used routinely in systematic biology for over 30 years with the majority-rule consensus tree among the most popular. In this paper we give axioms that characterize a new consensus function, called majority-rule (+), that is based on a generalization of majority-rule to the...

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Published in:	Discrete Applied Mathematics Vol. 159; no. 17; pp. 2038 - 2044
Main Authors:	Dong, Jianrong, Fernández-Baca, David, McMorris, F.R., Powers, Robert C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier B.V 28.10.2011 Elsevier
Subjects:	Algorithmics. Computability. Computer arithmetics Applied sciences Axiom Axioms Biology Combinatorics Combinatorics. Ordered structures Computer science; control theory; systems Consensus Exact sciences and technology Graph theory Hierarchies Hierarchy Logic and foundations Majority-rule Mathematical analysis Mathematical logic, foundations, set theory Mathematics Recursion theory Sciences and techniques of general use Theoretical computing Trees Majority-rule Hierarchy Axiom Consensus Computer theory Tree Biology Majority rule Combinatorics Axiomatic Optimization
ISSN:	0166-218X, 1872-6771
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