Papers

Author(s)
Thomas Saaty
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
United States
H. J. Zoffer
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
United States

Publication date: Jun, 2012

Journal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Vol.: 4- Issue: 1

Abstract: Decision making is a central activity of all people, usually done so automatically that we do not even realize that we are doing it every moment of every day of every year for all our lives. This silent and inarticulate approach worked well when humanity was fragmented and individuals and groups of people didn't have to think of others very much. Today however, the world has become expanded and interdependent and many of its resources are becoming scarce and valuable, including water, land, air, vegetation and minerals. Now we have to consciously work together to choose important courses of action, and we have to justify these actions not only to ourselves but also to others, so we can live in harmony and with minimum conflict.

Keywords: Decision making

URL: https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v4i1.139