Analysis of decision inconsistencies in judgment quantification

Many of the technology management decisions are analyzed using multi-level, multi-criteria decision models with quantified expert judgments. Some examples of such decisions include selection of projects, evaluation of technologies, determination of plant locations, assessment of the effectiveness of operational strategies with respect to multiple objectives, development of technology strategies under multiple perspectives, among others. When expert judgments are quantified in these types of decisions models, analysis of inconsistencies becomes a critical issue. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on the topic, identifies the research gaps in inconsistency analyses, and describes a proposed method to fill the primary gaps in measuring and analyzing inconsistencies in constant-sum method for judgment quantification.