Aggregating Individual Preferences in the Analytic Hierarchy Process Applied to the 1983 Battelle TAV Study.

Abstract

This thesis showed that the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) group priority vector was independent of three aggregation techniques: geometric mean input, arithmetic mean vector output, and majority rule output. The AHP concistency index was correlated (Kendall's Tau) with Kendall's Coefficient of Consistence when the AHP inputs were converted to a 'voting' matrix - 0, 1/2, 1 for each pairwise comparison. Minor respondent dissatisfaction with the AHP priority vector suggested that the scale in surveys should be presented to reflect the ratio versus interval scale. Eleven judges from the 1983 Trans-Atmospheric Vechile (TAV) steering committee participated. They completed pairwise comparisons throughout a revised hierarchy of the 1983 Battelle TAV study, The study includes Apple Pascal computer codes to manipulate the input files. Keywords: Dicision making, Hierarchy, Micro-computer, Weighting, Priorities, Aggregation, Consistency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1985
Accession Number
ADA155858

Entities

People

  • S. E. Reed

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Consistency
  • Data Science
  • Delphi Method
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Science
  • Maneuverability
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Surveys

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  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Statistical inference.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.