A statistical approach to the analytic hierarchy process with interval judgements. (I). Distributions on feasible regions

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-125

  Haines, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Interval judgements; Polytopes; Random convex combinations; Uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); INTERVAL JUDGEMENTS; RANDOM CONVEX COMBINATIONS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0032188744     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00245-2     Document Type: Article

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