The Choquet-like operator with respect to an admissible order as a tool for aggregating multivalued data

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new generalization of the classical discrete Choquet integral to the multivalued framework in terms of an admissible order that refines the natural partial order on the considered value set. The new Choquet-like operator takes as input a finite number of values of a given type, in particular real numbers, intervals, and vectors, and returns a single output value of the same type as the input values. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the operator to be monotone with respect to the admissible order. We then provide a complete characterization of the Choquet-like operator as an aggregation function with respect to the admissible order and study its selected special cases.