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most citedThe logarithmic least squares priorities and ordinal violations in the best-worst method

4 citations · 5 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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math.OC2026

Incomplete pairwise comparison matrices and their applications

László Csató, Sándor Bozóki

Incomplete pairwise comparison matrices are increasingly employed to save resources and reduce cognitive load by collecting only a subset of all possible pairwise comparisons. We p…

math.OC2026

Theoretical properties of the eigenvector method

Sándor Bozóki, László Csató

A classical proposal to derive weights from a pairwise comparison matrix is the right eigenvector. The literature has identified some potential weaknesses of this method in previou…

stat.AP2026

On the non-uniformity of the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw

László Csató, Martin Becker, Karel Devriesere +1

The group stage of a sports tournament is often made more appealing by introducing additional constraints in the group draw that promote an attractive and balanced group compositio…

stat.ME2025

Refined thresholds for inconsistency: The effect of the graph associated with incomplete pairwise comparisons

Kolos Csaba Ágoston, László Csató

The inconsistency of pairwise comparisons remains difficult to interpret in the absence of acceptability thresholds. The popular 10% cut-off rule proposed by Saaty has recently bee…

econ.GN2025

Are penalty shootouts better than a coin toss? Evidence from international club football in Europe

László Csató, Dóra Gréta Petróczy

Penalty shootouts play a crucial role in the knockout stage of major football tournaments. Their importance has substantially increased from the 2021/22 season, when the Union of E…

econ.GN2024★ 1 cited

Swiss-system chess tournaments and unfairness

László Csató, Alex Krumer

The Swiss system is an increasingly popular competition format as it provides a favourable trade-off between the number of matches and ranking accuracy. However, there is no empiri…