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Paper results for keyword: Olympic GamesRanking countries more reliably in the summer olympics
Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir OzdemirJournal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessIn this paper we consider the many intangible criteria that influence the outcome of the Summer Olympics by using the Analytic Network Process, and apply the ideas to evaluate the medals won and the country scores in the 2012 London Olympics. Both the categories of games and the events in each ga...
Read MoreThe scope of human values and human activities in decision making
Thomas Saaty, Nina BegicevicJournal: Applied Soft ComputingDuring and at the end of Olympic games, we are always given the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won by each country and often the total number won as an indicator of the surmised winner. The groups that report the medal count in this manner indicate that they believe all medals are the s...
Read MoreWho won the 2008 Olympics? A multicriteria decision of measuring intangibles
Thomas SaatyJournal: Journal of Systems Science and Systems EngineeringIt often happens that at the end of Olympics games the medals won by more than one country are many and close in total number as in the 2008 games where China won 100 medals with many gold ones and the United States won 110 medals but with a lesser number of gold medals. The question is: Although...
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Ranking countries more reliably in the summer olympics
Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir OzdemirJournal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessIn this paper we consider the many intangible criteria that influence the outcome of the Summer Olympics by using the Analytic Network Process, and apply the ideas to evaluate the medals won and the country scores in the 2012 London Olympics. Both the categories of games and the events in each ga...
Read MoreThe scope of human values and human activities in decision making
Thomas Saaty, Nina BegicevicJournal: Applied Soft ComputingDuring and at the end of Olympic games, we are always given the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won by each country and often the total number won as an indicator of the surmised winner. The groups that report the medal count in this manner indicate that they believe all medals are the s...
Read MoreWho won the 2008 Olympics? A multicriteria decision of measuring intangibles
Thomas SaatyJournal: Journal of Systems Science and Systems EngineeringIt often happens that at the end of Olympics games the medals won by more than one country are many and close in total number as in the 2008 games where China won 100 medals with many gold ones and the United States won 110 medals but with a lesser number of gold medals. The question is: Although...
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