Decision making with the analytic hierarchy process
Abstract
Decisions involve many intangibles that need to be traded off. To do that, they have to be measured along side tangibles whose measurements must also be evaluated as to, how well, they serve the objectives of the decision maker. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a theory of measurement through pairwise comparisons and relies on the judgements of experts to derive priority scales. It is these scales that measure intangibles in relative terms. The comparisons are made using a scale of absolute judgements that represents, how much more, one element dominates another with respect to a given attribute. The judgements may be inconsistent, and how to measure inconsistency and improve the judgements, when possible to obtain better consistency is a concern of the AHP. The derived priority scales are synthesised by multiplying them by the priority of their parent nodes and adding for all such nodes. An illustration is included.
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The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) has proven to be highly effective at quantifying the relative importance of various flood-inducing factors.
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- Authors
- Saaty, T. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Saaty, Thomas L.
- ORCID
- Saaty, Thomas L.
- Venue
- International Journal of Services Sciences
- Publisher
- Inderscience Publishers
- Published
- 2008
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 83
- ISSN
- 1753-1446 (ISSN-L)
- 1753-1454
- OpenAlex
- W2034960640
- Cited by
- 10,301
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 132.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Services Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Strategic Planning and Analysis
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Decision Support System Applications
- Keywords
- analytic hierarchy process, decision-making, pairwise comparison, expert opinion, priority scale, inconsistency measurement, multi-criteria decision making
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