An innovative orders-of-magnitude approach to AHP-based mutli-criteria decision making: Prioritizing divergent intangible humane acts

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 703-715

  Saaty, Thomas L ^a   Shang, Jennifer S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Decision support structure; Intangibles; Monetary value; Multivariate relative measurement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY; DECISION SUPPORTS; INTANGIBLES; MONETARY VALUE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE MEASUREMENT; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84856050667     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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