A Thurstonian view of the analytic hierarchy process

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-444

  MacKay, David B ^a   Bowen, William M ^b   Zinnes, Joseph L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JDMD Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy processes; Decision analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0030574823     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(94)00280-0     Document Type: Article

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