Papers

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Making and validating complex decisions with the AHP/ANP

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering
Several examples that serve to validate the AHP/ANP with matrices hierarchies and networks are given in this paper. They are then followed by a discussion of the real numbers and how they are generated without the need for an absolute zero, and how they define an absolute scale of measurement tha...

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Uncertainty and rank order in the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Thomas Saaty, Luis Vargas
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
The Analytic Hierarchy Process uses paired comparisons to derive a scale of relative importance for alternatives. We investigate the effect of uncertainty in judgment on the stability of the rank order of alternatives. The uncertainty experienced by decision makers in making comparisons is measur...

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Rank According to Perron: A New Insight

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Mathematics Magazine
Rank According to Perron: A New Insight

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Decision making, new information, ranking and structure

Thomas Saaty
Journal: Mathematical Modelling
The rank of a set of alternatives can change if a new criterion is introduced into the set of criteria, but it can also change if the importances of the criteria depend on the number of alternatives and on the strength of their ranking. As a result a new alternative may change the relative order ...

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Ranking countries according to economic, social and political indicators

Kirti Peniwati, T Hsiao
Journal: Mathematical Modelling
Despite its inadequacies, the GNP is still the best known and most widely used economic indicator to measure development. A number of authors have considered otherrelevant indicators, such as life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy and so on, as measures of development. In this paper we offer...

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Assessing and Ranking HALMAS Parks in Malaysia: An Application of Importance-Performance Analysis and AHP

Rafikul Islam, Fatima El Madkouri
Journal: Journal of Islamic Marketing
This paper aims to measure the level of importance and satisfaction on a number of items in the day-to-day running of the halal parks in Malaysia and to rank a selected halal parks on the basis of a number of performance criteria.

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Analytic hierarchy process and bank ranking in Serbia

Jaksic Milena, Mimovic Predrag, Todorovic Violeta
Journal: Industrija
The determination of the financial identifiers by the implementation of the horizontal and vertical analysis, for each year separately, and then their mutual comparison for certain periods of time as well, enables the perception of the general financial situation of banks during a certain peri...

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