Article ID: | iaor1997642 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 99 |
End Page Number: | 103 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
Journal: | International Transactions in Operational Research |
Authors: | Hurley W.J., Finan J.S. |
Keywords: | analytic hierarchy process |
Suppose a decision-maker can specify, with confidence, the rank-order of objects in an AHP pairwise comparison matrix. What he or she is uncertain about is the precise weights that will result. In the experience of the authors, most decision-makers in this stuation feel that the pairwise comparison matrix ought to satisfy some minimal transitive consistency requirements. For instance, if