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Data envelopment analysis for weight derivation and aggregation in the analytic hierarchy process

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Data envelopment analysis for weight derivation and aggregation in the analytic hierarchy process
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is proposed in this paper to generate local weights of alternatives from pair-wise comparison judgment matrices used in the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The underlying assumption behind the approach is explained, and some salient features are explored. It is proved that DEA correctly estimates the true weights when applied to a consistent matrix formed using a known set of weights. DEA is further proposed to aggregate the local weights of alternatives in terms of different criteria to compute final weights. It is proved further that the proposed approach, called DEAHP in this paper, does not suffer from rank reversal when an irrelevant alternative(s) is added or removed. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Ramakrishnan Ramanathan
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Type Journal
Year 2006
Where COR
Authors Ramakrishnan Ramanathan
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