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Paper results for keyword: Ordinal preference

Examples of Difficulties with Ordinal Preferences that Disappear with Cardinal Preferences

Thomas Saaty, Luis Vargas
Journal: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (ISAHP’96)
We examine some examples where the use of cardinal preferences solves problems that occur when ordinal preferences are used exclusively. Ordinal preferences are the first step toward ranking alternatives but they are not the last. In general we are interested in deriving a consistent ranking of a...

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