The median and its extensions

  • Authors:
  • Gleb Beliakov;Humberto Bustince;Javier Fernandez

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;Departamento de Automática y Computación, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain;Departamento de Automática y Computación, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We review various representations of the median and related aggregation functions. An advantage of the median is that it discards extreme values of the inputs, and hence exhibits a better central tendency than the arithmetic mean. However, the value of the median depends on only one or two central inputs. Our aim is to design median-like aggregation functions whose value depends on several central inputs. Such functions will preserve the stability of the median against extreme values, but will take more inputs into account. A method based on graduation curves is presented.