Normalisation and rank reversals in the additive analytic hierarchy process: a new analysis

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 446-467

  Zahir, Sajjad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AHP; analytic hierarchy process; decision analysis; multiple criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855746082     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.023538     Document Type: Article

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