IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/rau/jisomg/v2y2008i2p364-374.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

On the Borda Method for Multicriterial Decision-Making

Author

Listed:
  • Radu A. Păun

    (International Monetary Fund Institute)

Abstract

The present paper discusses two issues with multicriterial decision-making methods of Borda type (when scores such as n, n-1,…, 2, 1 are given to the objects to be ranked and the hierarchy is obtained based on the totals of these scores). The first issue is related to the influence on the result of various transformations of the scores. We show that a linear transformation of the scores does not change the final ranking and that (almost) any polynomial of second degree or more, with positive coefficients, can alter the solution (ranking). The same happens if one changes the scores by employing the logarithm, exponential, or square root functions. In the second part of the paper we consider an iterated version of the Borda method. We show that this method is not robust: there are cases when different solutions are returned at different iterations.

Suggested Citation

  • Radu A. Păun, 2008. "On the Borda Method for Multicriterial Decision-Making," Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management, Romanian-American University, vol. 2(2), pages 364-374, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:jisomg:v:2:y:2008:i:2:p:364-374
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.rebe.rau.ro/RePEc/rau/jisomg/FA08/JISOM-FA08-A4.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    borda method;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:rau:jisomg:v:2:y:2008:i:2:p:364-374. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Alex Tabusca (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/firauro.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.