TY - JOUR
T1 - Interval judgments and Euclidean centers
AU - Arbel, Ami
AU - Vargas, Luis
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - We formulated the problem of finding a priority vector from an interval reciprocal matrix as a Euclidean center problem. The interesting result is that this formulation always has a solution and always provides knowledge about the feasible region. The sign of the objective function of the Euclidean center formulation predicts the existence of a feasible solution that satisfies the constraints given by the interval reciprocal matrix. We showed that if the Euclidean center objective function is positive, there are multiple plausible solutions, if it is negative, there no feasible solutions, and if it is equal to zero, the feasible region consists of a single point.
AB - We formulated the problem of finding a priority vector from an interval reciprocal matrix as a Euclidean center problem. The interesting result is that this formulation always has a solution and always provides knowledge about the feasible region. The sign of the objective function of the Euclidean center formulation predicts the existence of a feasible solution that satisfies the constraints given by the interval reciprocal matrix. We showed that if the Euclidean center objective function is positive, there are multiple plausible solutions, if it is negative, there no feasible solutions, and if it is equal to zero, the feasible region consists of a single point.
KW - Analytic Hierarchy Process
KW - Euclidean centers
KW - Interval judgments
KW - Linear programming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548118217&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mcm.2007.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.mcm.2007.03.011
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AN - SCOPUS:34548118217
SN - 0895-7177
VL - 46
SP - 976
EP - 984
JO - Mathematical and Computer Modelling
JF - Mathematical and Computer Modelling
IS - 7-8
ER -