A two-phase algorithm for consensus building in AHP-group decision making

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 10-11, 2013, Pages 6670-6682

  Srdjevic, Bojan ^a   Srdjevic, Zorica ^a   Blagojevic, Bosko ^a   Suvocarev, Kosana ^a  

^a University of Novi Sad   (Serbia)

Author keywords

AHP; Building consensus; Group decision making; Multidimensional clustering

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION SCHEMES; AHP; CONSENSUS BUILDINGS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VECTORS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL CLUSTERING; TWO PHASE ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84878188925     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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