| Article ID: | iaor1994679 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Start Page Number: | 211 |
| End Page Number: | 232 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1992 |
| Journal: | Cahiers du Centre d'tudes de Recherche Oprationnelle |
| Authors: | Perny Patrice |
| Keywords: | independence axiom |
The author discusses and illustrates the idea that the compatibility between the independence condition and the required transitivity of the result remains a crucial problem in many decision aid methods. Some classic results are stated concerning the aggregation of preference relations and a few original results are presented, with emphasis on their impact on the behaviour of Electre type methods.