A method for dealing with inconsistencies in pairwise comparisons

European Journal of Operational ResearchPublished 15 October 2003

Jacinto González‐Pachón, Carlos Romero

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2003.06.009

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TL;DR

A distance-based framework for analysing compatible decision maker's assignments with properties needed for obtaining an overall rank is proposed and Goal Programming is proposed as an attractive and flexible tool.

Abstract

The Pairwise Comparison method is a powerful inference tool for assessing the relative importance of a set of items. Formally, its objective is to make compatible decision maker's assignments (paired comparison) with properties needed for obtaining an overall rank. In this paper, we propose a distance-based framework for analysing this kind of compatibility. In this context, Goal Programming is proposed as an attractive and flexible tool.

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