Notes on the existence of a solution in the pairwise comparisons method using the heuristic rating estimation approach

DOI10.1007/S10472-015-9474-6zbMATH Open1357.90067DBLPjournals/amai/Kulakowski16arXiv1402.4064OpenAlexW1835056443WikidataQ59472217 ScholiaQ59472217MaRDI QIDQ505977FDOQ505977

Authors: Konrad Kułakowski 

Publication date: 27 January 2017

Published in: Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Pairwise comparisons are a well-known method for modelling of the subjective preferences of a decision maker. A popular implementation of the method is based on solving an eigenvalue problem for M - the matrix of pairwise comparisons. This does not take into account the actual values of preference. The Heuristic Rating Estimation (HRE) approach is a modification of this method in which allows modelling of the reference values. To determine the relative order of preferences is to solve a certain linear equation system defined by the matrix A and the constant term vector b (both derived from M). The article explores the properties of these equation systems. In particular, it is proven that for some small data inconsistency the A matrix is an M-matrix, hence the equation proposed by the HRE approach has a unique strictly positive solution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4064

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zbMATH Keywords

decision support systemsdata inconsistencyanalytic hierarchy processpairwise comparisonsheuristic rating estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Decision theory (91B06)

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