The analytic hierarchy process: Does adjusting a pairwise comparison matrix to improve the consistency ratio help?

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 749-755

  Finan, J S ^a   Hurley, W J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP);

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0031209067     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(96)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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