Detecting and adjusting ordinal and cardinal inconsistencies through a graphical and optimal approach in AHP models

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 780-798

  Li, Han Lin ^a   Ma, Li Ching ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AHP; Gower plot; Inconsistency; Interactive; Preference

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) MODELS; CARDINAL INCONSISTENCY; GOWER PLOTS; ORDINAL INCONSISTENCY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 33748476658     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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