A re-examination of the algebraic properties of the AHP as a ratio-scaling technique

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-165

  Bernasconi, Michele ^a   Choirat, Christine ^b   Seri, Raffaello ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AHP; Consistency indexes; Reciprocally symmetric matrices; Separable representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952817168     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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