A Fuzzy Borda Count in Multi-person Decision Making

Inspired by the Borda count, in this paper we introduce a “fuzzy Borda count”. It is obtained by means of score graduation and normalization processes from its original pattern. The advantages of the Borda count hold, and are even improved, and its drawbacks are somehow corrected, providing an appropriate scheme in multi-person decision making. In addition, these Borda counts are related to approval voting, establishing a unified framework from distinct points of view.

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