Section: New Results

Model-based clustering for multivariate partial ranking data

Participants : Christophe Biernacki, Julien Jacques.

The first model-based clustering algorithm dedicated to multivariate partial ranking data has been developed in [43] . This is an extension of the (isr ) model for ranking data published in [4] . The proposed algorithm has allowed to exhibit regional alliances between European countries in the Eurovision contest, which are often suspected but never proved.