Estimating the missing values for the incomplete decision matrix and consistency optimization in emergency management

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 254-267

  Ergu, Daji ^a   Kou, Gang ^b   Peng, Yi ^c   Zhang, Mingshan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

Geometric mean induced bias matrix; Global consistency; Incomplete matrix; Least absolute error; Least square method; Missing comparisons

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY SERVICES; GEOMETRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ABSOLUTE ERROR; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GLOBAL CONSISTENCY; LEAST SQUARE METHODS; MISSING COMPARISONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84959344188     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2015.04.047     Document Type: Article

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