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Group decision making (GDM) or collective decision-making is a situation faced when individuals collectively make a choice from the alternatives before them.
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Appendix A
Appendix A
Constants for \(\overline{X}\) and R charts
k | A2 | D3 | D4 | d2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 1.880 | 0 | 3.268 | 1.128 |
3 | 1.023 | 0 | 2.574 | 1.693 |
4 | 0.729 | 0 | 2.282 | 2.059 |
5 | 0.577 | 0 | 2.114 | 2.326 |
6 | 0.483 | 0 | 2.004 | 2.534 |
7 | 0.419 | 0.076 | 1.924 | 2.704 |
8 | 0.373 | 0.136 | 1.864 | 2.847 |
9 | 0.337 | 0.184 | 1.816 | 2.970 |
10 | 0.308 | 0.223 | 1.777 | 3.078 |
Note The table is from Gryna (2000)
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Shih, HS. (2022). Group Aspects of TOPSIS. In: TOPSIS and its Extensions: A Distance-Based MCDM Approach. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 447. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09577-1_4
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