Automatic repair of inconsistent pairwise weighting matrices in analytic hierarchy process

Automation in Construction

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 290-297

  Yang, I Tung ^a   Wang, Wei Chih ^b   Yang, Tzu I ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Contractor selection; Multicriteria decision making; Particle swarm optimization; Public procurement; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTOR SELECTION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PARTICLE SWARM; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; TAGUCHI;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONTRACTORS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); TAGUCHI METHODS;

REPAIR;

EID: 84857358239     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.09.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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