On the measurement of intangibles. A principal eigenvector approach to relative measurement derived from paired comparisons

Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-208

  Saaty, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84872387622     PISSN: 00029920     EISSN: 10889477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/noti944     Document Type: Article

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