Zhilyakov, E. G. Adaptive definition of the relative importance of the objects based on the qualitative pair comparisons. (Russian. English summary) Zbl 1119.90322 Èkon. Mat. Metody 42, No. 2, 111-122 (2006). Summary: The author proposes a variation method for data processing for the paired qualitative comparisons of the objects to define their relative importance in the form of their positive weights without a priori development of the scales of propositions. The interpretation of the elements of paired comparisons matrix in the functional form weights is used as a base of the method. MSC: 90B50 Management decision making, including multiple objectives 62C25 Compound decision problems in statistical decision theory Keywords:management problems; variation method; qualitative pair comparisons; comparison matrix PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{E. G. Zhilyakov}, Èkon. Mat. Metody 42, No. 2, 111--122 (2006; Zbl 1119.90322)