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Weighted Arithmetic Mean

WAM (Weighted Arithmetic Mean) is a aggregationoperator multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method introduced by Yager, R. R. in 1988. It turns a decision matrix of alternatives scored on multiple criteria into a structured, reproducible result.

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Sources

  1. Yager, R. R. (1988). On ordered weighted averaging aggregation operators in multicriteria decisionmaking. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics DOI: 10.1109/21.87068
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