Why the magic number seven plus or minus two

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 233-244

  Saaty, T L ^a   Ozdemir, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Consistency; Decision making; Information processing; Mental limits; Paired comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141838925     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(03)90083-5     Document Type: Article

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