Inconsistency indices for pairwise comparison matrices: A numerical study

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 493-509

  Brunelli, Matteo ^a,b   Canal, Luisa ^c   Fedrizzi, Michele ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Consistency; Pairwise comparison matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890127190     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-013-1329-0     Document Type: Article

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