Title : 
Obtaining interval weights from interval reciprocal comparison matrices
         
        
            Author : 
Lan, Jibin ; Ye, Xinmiao ; Hu, Mingming ; Wei, Xiaojing
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Coll. of Math. & Inf. Sci., Guangxi Univ., Nanning, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, a new method is proposed to obtain the interval weights from interval reciprocal comparison matrices. Firstly, some basic theorems about consistent interval reciprocal comparison matrix are presented. Then, based on the theorems, an algorithm is proposed to approximate a column of approximated intervals which contains all of the consistent information. Furthermore, another algorithm is presented to obtain the interval weights based on the column of intervals. Finally, two examples are provided to illustrate the validity and practicality of the proposed method.
         
        
            Keywords : 
approximation theory; decision making; matrix algebra; column approximation; interval reciprocal comparison matrix; interval weight; multiattribute decision making; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Europe; Linear programming; Mathematical model; Programming; Vectors; Alternative ranking; Decision analysis; Interval reciprocal comparison matrix; Interval weights;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Electronic Commerce (AIMSEC), 2011 2nd International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Deng Leng
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0535-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/AIMSEC.2011.6011156