Interord: a Computer-Interactive Fortran Iv Program for Developing Simple Orders

Abstract

INTERORD, a computer-interactive FORTRAN IV program for developing simple orders on a set of objects, is described. INTERORD executes in the interactive mode by presenting pairs to be judged at a remote terminal. The respondent at the terminal judges which one of the objects dominates the other. INTERORD utilizes the observed dominance relations to determine which additional relations are implied by the transitivity principle. Since pairs not implied are presented for judgment, a substantial reduction occurs in the number of judgments required in the pair comparisons procedure.