Methods based on data envelopment analysis for deriving group priorities in analytic hierarchy process

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-284

  Grošelj, Petra ^a   Malovrh, Špela Pezdevšek ^a   Stirn, Lidija Zadnik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

A'WOT analysis; Analytic hierarchy process; Data envelopment analysis; Forest owners' cooperatives; Group decision making; Multiple criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960610436     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-011-0191-x     Document Type: Article

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