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title: 'TheOrdinals: Aggregation and Consensus Methods for Preference-Approvals'
version: 0.1.0
doi: 10.1007/s11634-025-00663-4
abstract: Tools for aggregating ordinal preference data into a group consensus. The
  package implements DIVA (Divide and Conquer for Preference-Approvals), a distance-based
  aggregation method for preference-approvals, that is, preference data in which voters
  express both a (weak) ranking and an approval of the alternatives. The consensus
  is the preference-approval minimising the average distance to the set of voters,
  measured through the family of distances of Erdamar, Garcia-Lapresta, Perez-Roman
  and Sanver (2014) <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2013.10.005>. Methods and
  applications are described in Albano and Romano (2026) <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11634-025-00663-4>.
  The package is designed to be extended with further methods for ordinal preference
  data.
authors:
- family-names: Romano
  given-names: Maurizio
  email: romano.maurizio@unica.it
- family-names: Albano
  given-names: Alessandro
  email: alessandro.albano@unipa.it
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: A distance-based aggregation method for finding consensus in preference-approvals
  authors:
  - family-names: Albano
    given-names: Alessandro
    email: alessandro.albano@unipa.it
  - family-names: Romano
    given-names: Maurizio
    email: romano.maurizio@unica.it
  journal: Advances in Data Analysis and Classification
  year: '2026'
  doi: 10.1007/s11634-025-00663-4
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
commit: ab46a21a6b37c0b4c19592e45659f8b58a63650b
date-released: '2026-07-11'
contact:
- family-names: Romano
  given-names: Maurizio
  email: romano.maurizio@unica.it