Empirical properties of group preference aggregation methods employed in AHP: Theory and evidence

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 584-592

  Bernasconi, Michele ^a   Choirat, Christine ^b   Seri, Raffaello ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortions; Group decisions; Matrix differentials; Separable representations

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION METHODS; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; EMPIRICAL PROPERTIES; GROUP DECISION; GROUP DECISION MAKING; PREFERENCE AGGREGATIONS; RESPONSE MATRICES; SEPARABLE REPRESENTATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

GROUP THEORY;

EID: 84884589213     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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