Characteristics of positive reciprocal matrices in the analytic hierarchy process

S I Gass () and S M Standard
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S I Gass: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
S M Standard: University of Maryland

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2002, vol. 53, issue 12, 1385-1389

Abstract: Abstract Positive reciprocal matrices (PRMs) are the basic elements used by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for resolving an important class of multi-criteria decision problems. A PRM, A=(a ij ), is square with all a ij >0 and a ji =1/a ij . We discuss characteristics of such matrices based on an analysis of both real-world and randomly generated sets.

Keywords: analytic hierarchy process; decision analysis; pairwise comparison matrices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601471

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