Journal of Computational Science • Vol 92
Efficient portfolio selection through preference aggregation with Quicksort and the Bradley–Terry model
October 2025 • Yufeng Ge, Lucas Böttcher, Tom Chou, Maria R. D’Orsogna
How to allocate limited resources to projects that will yield the greatest long-term benefits is a problem that often arises in decision-making under uncertainty. For example, organizations may need to evaluate and select innovation projects with risky returns. Similarly, when allocating resources to research projects, funding agencies are tasked with identifying the most promising proposals based on idiosyncratic criteria. Finally, in participatory budgeting, a local community may need to select a subset of publi…