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The median and its extensions
journal contribution
posted on 2011-07-16, 00:00 authored by Gleb BeliakovGleb Beliakov, H Bustince, J FernandezWe 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.