An action learning approach for assessing the consistency of pairwise comparison data

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-244

  Osei Bryson, Kweku Muata ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Consistency indicators; Goal programming; Inconsistency; Interpretability; Multiple criteria decision making; Pairwise comparisons

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; VECTORS;

CONSISTENCY INDICATORS; GOAL PROGRAMMING; INCONSISTENCY; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PAIRWISE COMPARISON DATA;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33845263031     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.01.061     Document Type: Article

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