Group decision-making: Head-count versus intensity of preference

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-37

  Saaty, Thomas L ^a   Shang, Jen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Group decision making; Intensity of preference; Internet; Multiple issue agendas; Voting

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIORITIZATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845330208     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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