1: Introduction -- 2: A new consistency test index for the data in the AHP/ANP.- 2.1 Basics of the AHP/ANP -- 2.1.1 The reciprocal pairwise comparison matrix -- 2.1.2 Basics of the AHP -- 2.1.3 Basics of the ANP -- 2.2 Consistency test issue in the AHP/ANP.- 2.2.1. Analysis of the consistency...

The derivation of a priority vector from a pair-wise comparison matrix (PCM) is an important issue in the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The existing methods for the priority vector derivation from PCM include eigenvector method (EV), weighted least squares method (WLS), additive...