Pairwise comparisons are a well-established tool to compare weights of criteria and
alternatives or, more in general, any entities. Their ultimate goal is to facilitate the search for …

Abstract The Best-Worst Method (BWM) uses ratios of the relative importance of criteria in
pairs based on the assessment done by decision-makers. When a decision-maker provides …

The globalization of business and the consequent exposure to global competition, besides
the economic and social changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic made the Training & …

This paper proposes a new ordinal method to rank alternatives with multiple criteria and
decision makers (DMs). This is a decision group ordinal method called SAPEVO-M, an …

The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a critical guide to AHP. In this book, the
AHP method is considered primarily as a mathematical technique supporting the decision …

Abstract The methodology of Parsimonious Analytic Hierarchy Process (PAHP) has been
originally constructed to unburden the evaluators of an AHP survey from the numerous …

The method of pairwise comparisons is frequently applied for ranking purposes. This article
aims to rank top women tennis players based on their win/lose ratios. Incomplete pairwise …

In the framework of 2030 Agenda sustainable agriculture plays a central role. In the field of
international aid the participatory approaches to assessment, research, management and …

The probabilistic linguistic preference relation (PLPR) reflects different preference degrees
(or weights) of experts over possible linguistic terms and improves the flexibility for experts in …

Pairwise comparison matrices (also known as Saaty matrices) in conjunction with a finite
discrete scale for their quantification, are considered by many as efficient and effective …