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In this paper an operational method is presented for searching rationality into paired comparisons of the alternatives. We base our method on the decomposition of a binary relation in terms of families of quasi orders. With the “mixture of maximal quasi orders”, as the main concept, we attempt to use decision maker’s inconsistencies as a kind of information for modelling his preferences.
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González-Pachón, J., Ríos-Insua, S. (1997). A Method for Searching Rationality in Pairwise Choices. In: Fandel, G., Gal, T. (eds) Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 448. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59132-7_41
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