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A Link Diagram for Pairwise Comparisons

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In decision making processes such as Analytic Hierarchy Process, weights of alternatives are derived from pairwise comparisons. I propose a link diagram to visualize pairwise comparisons and weights. In the diagram, each alternative is represented in a loop floating on the ground. Weights of alternatives are represented as heights of corresponding loops from the ground, and crossing of loops represents which alternative is superior or inferior. So, decision-makers can grasp roughly inconsistency of pairwise comparisons just by viewing the diagram.

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  1. Meijo University, Minami-Yada 4-102-9, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Takafumi Mizuno

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  1. Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland

    Ireneusz Czarnowski

  2. Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom

    Robert J. Howlett

  3. Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

  4. Griffith Sciences - Centres and Institutes, Griffith University, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Ljubo Vlacic

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Mizuno, T. (2019). A Link Diagram for Pairwise Comparisons. In: Czarnowski, I., Howlett, R., Jain, L., Vlacic, L. (eds) Intelligent Decision Technologies 2018. KES-IDT 2018 2018. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 97. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92028-3_19

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