An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency

Online responses to multi-criteria decision making questionnaires often contain inconsistencies, due to possible inconsistent interpretations of the questions or the erratic mental states of the respondents. If such inconsistent responses remain undetected and no appropriate corrective actions are t...

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Main Author: Yadav, Rinki
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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description Online responses to multi-criteria decision making questionnaires often contain inconsistencies, due to possible inconsistent interpretations of the questions or the erratic mental states of the respondents. If such inconsistent responses remain undetected and no appropriate corrective actions are taken, the questionnaire outcomes will be less reliable. The main research motivation was to minimize such inconsistent responses by detecting the logically inconsistent responses dynamically. The conventional approaches compute a consistency ratio to quantitatively specify the level of inconsistent responses. However, in most online questionnaires, it is too late to highlight the inconsistency level at the end. They should be flagged out as soon as each inconsistent response surfaces.
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spelling usm-424462019-04-12T05:26:23Z http://eprints.usm.my/42446/ An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency Yadav, Rinki QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science Online responses to multi-criteria decision making questionnaires often contain inconsistencies, due to possible inconsistent interpretations of the questions or the erratic mental states of the respondents. If such inconsistent responses remain undetected and no appropriate corrective actions are taken, the questionnaire outcomes will be less reliable. The main research motivation was to minimize such inconsistent responses by detecting the logically inconsistent responses dynamically. The conventional approaches compute a consistency ratio to quantitatively specify the level of inconsistent responses. However, in most online questionnaires, it is too late to highlight the inconsistency level at the end. They should be flagged out as soon as each inconsistent response surfaces. 2012-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/42446/1/RINKI_YADAV.pdf Yadav, Rinki (2012) An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
Yadav, Rinki
An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency
title An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency
title_full An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency
title_fullStr An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency
title_full_unstemmed An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency
title_short An Approach For Detection Of Logical Inconsistency
title_sort approach for detection of logical inconsistency
topic QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
url http://eprints.usm.my/42446/
http://eprints.usm.my/42446/1/RINKI_YADAV.pdf