Utility of consistency measure in the analytic hierarchy process

Construction Innovation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-247

  Cheng, E W L ^a   li, H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Construction supply chain; Decision making; Information management; Multiple criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044890     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170310814954     Document Type: Article

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