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Paper results for keyword: Consistency

Seven is the magic number in nature

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Where there is structure, the parts of the structure must function together with a degree of consistency and purpose. Specifically, I am thinking of dynamic systems in which there are action and reaction among the parts and their functions and also friction and resistance. Natural systems, such a...

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Why the magic number seven plus or minus two

Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir Ozdemir
Journal: Mathematical and computer modelling
In 1956, Miller conjectured that there is an upper limit on our capacity to process information on simultaneously interacting elements with reliable accuracy and with validity. This limit is seven plus or minus two elements. He noted that the number 7 occurs in many aspects of life, from the seve...

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Decision-making with the AHP: Why is the principal eigenvector necessary

Thomas Saaty
Journal: European journal of operational research
In this paper it is shown that the principal eigenvector is a necessary representation of the priorities derived from a positive reciprocal pairwise comparison judgment matrix A=(aij) when A is a small perturbation of a consistent matrix. When providing numerical judgments, an individual attempts...

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Deriving the AHP 1-9 scale from first principles

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process
We demonstrate how the integers 1 to 9 used in the Fundamental Scale of the AHP to represent pairwise comparison judgments can be derived from stimulus-response theory. The conditions required for the stability of the eigenvector of priorities, known from the mathematics literature, are briefly m...

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Ratio scales derived from perturbations of consistent judgments

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Behaviormetrika
We derive ratio scales from paired comparison judgments in a reciprocal matrix A. When the judgments are consistent, we have a principal eigenvalue structure which is preserved when A is perturbed. Mathematical conditions are given on the size of the perturbations to produce a good approximation ...

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New light on the theorem of perron

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Trabajos de Estadistica Y de Investigacion Operativa
We prove that the principal eigenvector of a positive matrix represents the relative dominance of its rows of ranking of alternatives in a decision represented by the rows of a pairwise comparison matrix.

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Comparison of eigenvalue, logarithmic least squares and least squares methods in estimating ratios

Thomas Saaty, Luis Vargas
Journal: Mathematical modelling
Three methods—the eigenvalue, logarithmic least squares, and least squares methods—used to derive estimates of ratio scales from a positive reciprocal matrix are analyzed. The criteria for comparison are the measurement of consistency, dual solutions, and rank preservation. It is shown that the e...

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Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process to long range planning processes

James Emshoff, Thomas Saaty
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
This paper considers the long range planning process from the point of view both of projecting forward likely or desired changes from the current position to define a possible future state, and of identifying desirable future states and working backwards from those to consider ways in which they ...

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Consistency & Compatibility, Two sides of the same coin

Claudio Garuti
Journal: International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process 2016
In MCDM to have an index of consistency for pair comparison matrices is a very important matter. This index may help to produce better metrics and of course better answers to the problem, which is the final purpose of majority of the MCDM methods. To illustrate the relevance of this matter, this ...

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