A new measure of consensus with reciprocal preference relations: The correlation consensus degree

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Highlights：

• Innovative methodology for measuring consensus based on the Pearson correlation coefficient is proposed.

• Experts express their opinions on alternatives or issues by means of reciprocal preference relations.

• We provide interesting properties for the new consensus measure proposed.

• An illustrative example with discussion is presented.

摘要

•Innovative methodology for measuring consensus based on the Pearson correlation coefficient is proposed.•Experts express their opinions on alternatives or issues by means of reciprocal preference relations.•We provide interesting properties for the new consensus measure proposed.•An illustrative example with discussion is presented.

论文关键词：Reciprocal preference relations,Consensus measure,Pearson correlation coefficient,Concordance opinions measure,Correlation consensus degree

论文评审过程：Received 19 November 2015, Revised 31 May 2016, Accepted 1 June 2016, Available online 2 June 2016, Version of Record 9 July 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2016.06.002