The role of the DS/AHP in identifying inter-group alliances and majority rule within group decision making

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-42

  Beynon, Malcolm J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus building; Dempster Shafer theory; Group decision making; Ignorance; Majority rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844462205     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-005-1159-9     Document Type: Article

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