A cosine maximization method for the priority vector derivation in AHP

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-232

  Kou, Gang ^a   Lin, Changsheng ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c YANGTZE NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Consistency index; Cosine similarity measure; Pair wise comparison matrix; Priority vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895057039     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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