A new method for scoring additive multi-attribute value models using pairwise rankings of alternatives

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 87-107

  Hansen, Paul ^a   Ombler, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Additive multi attribute value model; Pairwise ranking; Points system; Scoring method

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952153797     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.428     Document Type: Article

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