Acceptability analysis and priority weight elicitation for interval multiplicative comparison matrices

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 628-638

  Li, Kevin W ^a,b   Wang, Zhou Jing ^c   Tong, Xiayu ^c  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Consistency; Decision analysis; Interval multiplicative comparison matrix; Logarithmic least square

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; GEOMETRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ACCEPTABILITY; COMPARISON MATRIX; CONSISTENCY; INTERVAL COMPARISON MATRIX; LOGARITHMIC LEAST SQUARES; POSSIBILITY DEGREE FORMULAS; TECHNICAL DEFICIENCIES; TRANSFORMATION EQUATIONSS;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 84953881811     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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