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Priority estimation in the AHP through maximization of correlation coefficient |
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| Authors: | Ying-Ming Wang Celik Parkan Ying Luo |
| Affiliation: | aSchool of Public Administration, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, PR China bManchester Business School, The University of Manchester, Manchester M15 6PB, UK cDepartment of Management, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY 11548, USA dSchool of Management, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China |
| Abstract: | This paper proposes a correlation coefficient maximization approach (CCMA) for estimating priorities from a pairwise comparison matrix. The priorities are supposed to be as highly correlated with each column of a pairwise comparison matrix as possible. Such priorities are not unique and can be determined in different ways. Two optimization models are therefore suggested for determining further the priorities, one of which leads to an analytic solution. Theorems about the CCMA are developed and its potential applications are illustrated with two numerical examples. |
| Keywords: | Analytic hierarchy process Multicriteria decision analysis Correlation coefficient Priority estimation |
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