Decision-making with the AHP: Why is the principal eigenvector necessary

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Saaty, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent; Near consistent; Order; Principal eigenvector; Priority

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

PRIORITY VECTORS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0037448775     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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