Explaining the Eigenvector in Lay Language

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Explaining the Eigenvector in Lay Language

Thomas L. Saaty | Joseph M. Katz
Graduate School of Business | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA, USA 
Abstract

Decision making depends on identifying a structure of criteria and alternatives of a decision. It also depends on experience and judgments to select the best alternative. From the judgments, priorities are derived in the form of eigenvectors. An eigenvector is a technical mathematical idea that would benefit from simplifying explanation. That is what this note does in two ways.

 

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