Abstract
We address the problem of outliers detection in a binary outranking relation. These elements are supposed to be rare, dissimilar to the majority of other elements and are likely to influence the outcomes of the considered method. We propose a model based on the distance introduced by De Smet and Montano and extend it to different samplings of the set of alternatives which are used as a comparison basis. This leads to study the distribution of distance values. The presence of outliers is detected by the identification of bi-modal distributions. We illustrate this on examples based on the Human Development Index, the Environmental Performance Index where artificial outliers are added and the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities.
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