Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process as a Two-phase Integrated Decision Approach for Large Nominal Groups

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-555

  Armacost, Robert L ^a   Hosseini, Jamshid C ^b   Pet Edwards, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Geographically dispersed decision makers; Group decision making; Nominal groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033447997     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008622202638     Document Type: Article

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