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The paper refers to the literature which identifies the ambiguous interpretation of criteria weights commonly used in the Analytic Hierarchy Process. A possible improvement is proposed and the results of a number of testing experiments are summarized.
An application of the modified questioning procedure is then described, concerned with the evaluation of R&D projects. An investigation of the extent to which the responses could be relied upon is also described, and overall conclusions drawn.
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Belton, V., Gear, T. (1987). Assessing Weights by Means of Pairwise Comparisons. In: Sawaragi, Y., Inoue, K., Nakayama, H. (eds) Toward Interactive and Intelligent Decision Support Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46609-0_32
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