A Characterization of Majority Rule for Hierarchies

The majority rule has been a popular method for producing a consensus classification from several different classifications, when the classifications are all on the same set of objects and are structured as hierarchies. In this note, a new axiomatic characterization is proved for this consensus meth...

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Published in:	Journal of classification Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 153 - 158
Main Authors:	McMorris, Fred R., Powers, Robert C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer-Verlag 01.11.2008 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Algorithmics. Computability. Computer arithmetics Applied sciences Bioinformatics Classification Computer science; control theory; systems Consensus methods Exact sciences and technology Hierarchies Logic and foundations Majority rule Marketing Mathematical logic, foundations, set theory Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Methods of scientific computing (including symbolic computation, algebraic computation) Multivariate analysis Numerical analysis. Scientific computation Pattern Recognition Probability and statistics Psychometrics Recursion theory Sciences and techniques of general use Signal,Image and Speech Processing Statistical Theory and Methods Statistics Studies Theoretical computing Hierarchy Majority rule Consensus Discriminant analysis Data analysis Multivariate analysis Axiomatic
ISSN:	0176-4268, 1432-1343
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