A model for the relative importance of the criteria in the multiplicative AHP and SMART

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 467-476

  Lootsma, F A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Direct rating; Geometric scales; Multi criteria analysis; Pairwise comparisons; Power functions; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; HUMAN ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ARITHMETIC MEAN AGGREGATION; GEOMETRIC MEAN AGGREGATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PAIRWISE COMPARISON; POWER FUNCTIONS; PSYCHO PHYSICAL RESEARCH; SMART; SUBSTITUTION RATES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0030575681     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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