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Estimating technological coefficients by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Author(s)Thomas Saaty
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
Luis Vargas
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
Publication date: Jan, 1979
Journal: Socio-Economic Planning SciencesVol.: 13- Issue: 6- Pages: 333-336
Abstract: We give a summary and an example of a new, systems oriented, method for estimating the input-output coefficients of a given economy. Our approach is based on pairwise comparisons among the sectors of the economy ranking them according to their priority on a ratio scale. What we obtain corresponds closely to what is computed by traditional methods, but a major advantage to hierarchical measurement is that it does not require extensive use of details to capture the significant relations among the sectors.
Keywords: AHP, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Ratio scale, Input-output