Note on group consistency in analytic hierarchy process

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 672-678

  Lin, Robert ^a   Lin, Jennifer Shu Jen ^b   Chang, Jason ^c   Tang, Didos ^d   Chao, Henry ^e   Julian, Peter C ^e  

^a ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Consistency

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

COMPARISON MATRICES; COMPLEX JUDGEMENT MATRIX; CONSISTENCY; MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 42949113002     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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