Consensus building in AHP-group decision making: A Bayesian approach

Operations Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1755-1773

  Altuzarra, Alfredo ^a   Moreno Jiménez, José María ^a   Salvador, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN PERSPECTIVE; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; LEARNING PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERIA; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON;

AUTOMATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78651444787     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1100.0856     Document Type: Article

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