A probabilistic interpretation of the final rankings in AHP

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-378

  Rosenbloom, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision theory; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; PROBABILISTIC INTERPRETATION;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0030784983     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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