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Inconsistency of Incomplete Pairwise Comparisons Matrices

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This chapter deals with incomplete pairwise comparisons. A brief literature review is followed by a summary of priority deriving methods and inconsistency indices, both modified from complete pairwise comparisons or proposed for the incomplete case only. Also, the inconsistency in the Best-Worst Method is included.

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Mazurek, J. (2023). Inconsistency of Incomplete Pairwise Comparisons Matrices. In: Advances in Pairwise Comparisons. Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23884-0_6

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