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A Consistency Test for AHP Decision Makers
Author(s) -
Lane Eric F.,
Verdini William A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1989.tb01568.x
Subject(s) - analytic hierarchy process , consistency (knowledge bases) , decision rule , computer science , measure (data warehouse) , test (biology) , hierarchy , mathematics , econometrics , statistics , operations research , data mining , artificial intelligence , economics , paleontology , biology , market economy
Saaty's analytic hierarchy process assessed attribute importance by soliciting decision makers' (DM) importance ratios to compute weights. Saaty suggested a decision rule for accepting DM judgments based on a consistency measure derived from the DM's importance ratios. This paper investigates the distribution of random inconsistency and decision rule implications. Stricter consistency requirements for three‐ and four‐attribute criteria matrices are suggested.