Cardinal and ordinal inconsistencies are important and popular research topics in the study of decision making with pair-wise comparison matrices (PCMs). Few of the currently-employed tactics are capable of simultaneously dealing with both cardinal and ordinal inconsistency issues in one model,...

The analytical network process (ANP) has been widely used to evaluate the suppliers, an important subject in supply chain management. We propose an integrated ANP-based evaluation model, which systematically examines six key decision-making modules. They are: questionnaire design, matrix...