A Comparison of the REMBRANDT System with a New Approach in AHP

Autor: Mahmoud Modiri, Mir Bahadorgholi Aryanezhad, Hamed Maleki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering, Vol Volume 3, Iss Issue 6, Pp 7-12 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2251-9904
2423-3935
Popis: Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been criticized considerably for possible rank reversal phenomenon caused by the addition or deletion of an alternative. While in many cases this is a perfectly valid phenomenon, there are also many cases where ranks should be preserved. Our findings indicate that using the geometric mean reduces the variance in ratings substantially; hence, yielding lower inconsistency in ratings. An approach is therefore proposed using the geometric mean aggregation to avoid rank reversal phenomenon. A practical example is examined using the proposed approach to demonstrate its validity and racticability in rank preservation. This paper also compares the REMBRANDT system with the proposed approach to avoid rank reversal phenomenon.
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