Aufsatz(elektronisch)#1September 1989
A Consistency Test for AHP Decision Makers
In: Decision sciences, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 575-590
ISSN: 1540-5915
ABSTRACTSaaty's analytic hierarchy process assessed attribute importance by soliciting decision makers' (DM) importance ratios to compute weights. Saaty suggested a decision rule for accepting DM judgments based on a consistency measure derived from the DM's importance ratios. This paper investigates the distribution of random inconsistency and decision rule implications. Stricter consistency requirements for three‐ and four‐attribute criteria matrices are suggested.