A multi-step goal programming approach for group decision making with incomplete interval additive reciprocal comparison matrices

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 890-900

  Wang, Zhou Jing ^a   Li, Kevin W ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Goal programming; Group decision making; Interval additive reciprocal comparison; Matrices; Multiplicative consistency; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GOAL PROGRAMMING; GROUP DECISION MAKING; INTERVAL ADDITIVE RECIPROCAL COMPARISON; MULTIPLICATIVE CONSISTENCY; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84920506734     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.10.025     Document Type: Article

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