Non-discriminating criteria in the AHP: Removal and rank reversal

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Wijnmalen, Diederik J D ^a   Wedley, William C ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AHP; Non discriminating criteria; Rank reversal; Weight adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015563077     PISSN: 10579214     EISSN: 10991360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mcda.430     Document Type: Article

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