Estimating ratio scale values when units are unspecified

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-208

  Choo, Eng U ^a   Wedley, William C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Column averaging; Methodology; Ratio scaled preferences; Relative ratios; Unit of measurement

Indexed keywords

COLUMN AVERAGING; COLUMN VECTOR; COMPARISON MATRIX; GEOMETRIC MEAN; POSITIVE CONSTANT; RATIO SCALE; RELATIVE RATIOS; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; TECHNIQUES USED;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 77955686938     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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