A comparison of the Saaty's AHP and modified AHP for right and left eigenvector inconsistency

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Tung, S L ^a   Tang, S L ^b  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic hierarchy process; Eigenvector; Inconsistency; Modified AHP; Right and left

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001312761     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00353-1     Document Type: Article

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