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We introduce the concept of variable-consistency monotonic decision tree induced from preference-ordered data concerning a multicriteria sorting (classification) problem. Given the data in form of an information table including some sorting examples, we propose to induce a decision tree using an inductive learning algorithm. The decision tree can be considered as a preference model of a decision maker who supplied the sorting examples. Moreover, a partial violation of the dominance principle is admitted and controlled by an index called consistency level. The monotonic decision trees with variable consistency can be applied to a wide range of possible applications, for instance, financial rating, bank creditworthiness, medical diagnosis, and the like.
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Giove, S., Greco, S., Matarazzo, B., Słowiński, R. (2002). Variable Consistency Monotonic Decision Trees. In: Alpigini, J.J., Peters, J.F., Skowron, A., Zhong, N. (eds) Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing. RSCTC 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2475. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45813-1_32
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