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Some mathematical concepts of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Author(s)Thomas Saaty
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
United States
Publication date: Jan, 0991
Journal: BehaviormetrikaVol.: 18- Issue: 29- Pages: 1-9
Abstract: In this paper we give a skeletal outline of the foundations of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and some of its highlights. We also show that the principal eigenvector solution is essential for deriving the scale of priorities from the fundamental scale of judgments given in the matrix.
Keywords: Decomposition, Comparisons, Synthesis of priorities