期刊名称：JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING)
印刷版ISSN：2251-9904
出版年度：2010
卷号：3
期号：6
页码：7-12
语种：English
出版社：ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY, QAZVIN BRANCH
摘要：Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been criticized considerably for possible rank reversal phenomenon caused by the addition or deletion of an alternative. While in many cases this is a perfectly valid phenomenon, there are also many cases where ranks should be preserved. Our findings indicate that using the geometric mean reduces the variance in ratings substantially; hence, yielding lower inconsistency in ratings. An approach is therefore proposed using the geometric mean aggregation to avoid rank reversal phenomenon. A practical example is examined using the proposed approach to demonstrate its validity and racticability in rank preservation. This paper also compares the REMBRANDT system with the proposed approach to avoid rank reversal phenomenon.
关键词：Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); REMBRANDT system; Rank reversal; Multiple attribute decision making (MADM)
