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Paper results for keyword: Benefits-Opportunities-Costs-RisksShould the UK have Brexited the European Union?
Lirong Wei, Thomas SaatyJournal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessThis paper is an analysis of Brexit, and asked the question, Should the UK have Brexited the European Union? We use the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to model the decision based on Benefit-Opportunities-Costs and Risks (BOCR). The AHP structure considers various factors that may be taken into...
Read MoreA marijuana legalization model using benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) analysis
Thomas SaatyJournal: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences Marijuana has been regarded as an evil in our society because of abuse and addiction. However, its legalization and use in several states have shown that from the standpoint of its benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) the overall decision should be to legalize it in our greater society...
Read MoreChoosing the best city of the future
Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir OzdemirJournal: Journal of Urban ManagementThis paper describes various possibilities of the cities of futures considering various constraints and demand of society, environment and geography. The need for future cities arises because of the rapid growth in population and thereby causing a decline in the living standards. In the United St...
Read MoreNegotiating the Israeli–Palestinian controversy from a new perspective
Thomas Saaty, H. J. ZofferJournal: Information Technology & Decision MakingIn most long-lasting conflicts, each party's grievances increase while the concessions they are willing to make decline in number, quality, and perceived value. Both parties lose sight of what they are willing to settle for, generally exaggerate their own needs, and minimize the needs of the ...
Read MoreFundamentals of the Analytic Network Process—multiple networks with benefits, costs, opportunities and risks
Thomas SaatyJournal: Journal of systems science and systems engineeringThe general theory of the ANP enables one to deal with the benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (the BOCR merits) of a decision, by introducing the notion of negative priorities for C and R along with the rating (not comparison) of the top priority alternative synthesized for each of the fou...
Read MoreNegative priorities in the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir OzdemirIn decision-making, there are often criteria that are opposite in direction to other criteria as in benefits (B) versus costs (C), and in opportunities (O) versus risks (R), and sometimes need to be distinguished by using negative numbers. In making paired comparisons of alternatives with respect...
Read MoreKnapsack allocation of multiple resources in benefit-cost analysis by way of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
James Benne, Thomas SaatyJournal: Mathematical and computer modellingBenefit-cost analysis has traditionally required monetary measures of benefits and costs of candidate projects. This paper demonstrates that priorities of both tangible and intangible attributes can be used in a benefit-cost setting to address the long standing problem of allocating multiple reso...
Read MoreConflict resolution and the falkland islands invasions
Thomas SaatyJournal: InterfacesThe analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is compared with game and metagame theories for analyzing conflicts. The AHP helps to structure the problem, generate and synthesize judgments, and carry out a benefit/cost analysis of various policies. The Falkland Islands crisis is examined using the judgmen...
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Should the UK have Brexited the European Union?
Lirong Wei, Thomas SaatyJournal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessThis paper is an analysis of Brexit, and asked the question, Should the UK have Brexited the European Union? We use the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to model the decision based on Benefit-Opportunities-Costs and Risks (BOCR). The AHP structure considers various factors that may be taken into...
Read MoreA marijuana legalization model using benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) analysis
Thomas SaatyJournal: International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences Marijuana has been regarded as an evil in our society because of abuse and addiction. However, its legalization and use in several states have shown that from the standpoint of its benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) the overall decision should be to legalize it in our greater society...
Read MoreChoosing the best city of the future
Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir OzdemirJournal: Journal of Urban ManagementThis paper describes various possibilities of the cities of futures considering various constraints and demand of society, environment and geography. The need for future cities arises because of the rapid growth in population and thereby causing a decline in the living standards. In the United St...
Read MoreNegotiating the Israeli–Palestinian controversy from a new perspective
Thomas Saaty, H. J. ZofferJournal: Information Technology & Decision MakingIn most long-lasting conflicts, each party's grievances increase while the concessions they are willing to make decline in number, quality, and perceived value. Both parties lose sight of what they are willing to settle for, generally exaggerate their own needs, and minimize the needs of the ...
Read MoreFundamentals of the Analytic Network Process—multiple networks with benefits, costs, opportunities and risks
Thomas SaatyJournal: Journal of systems science and systems engineeringThe general theory of the ANP enables one to deal with the benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (the BOCR merits) of a decision, by introducing the notion of negative priorities for C and R along with the rating (not comparison) of the top priority alternative synthesized for each of the fou...
Read MoreNegative priorities in the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Thomas Saaty, Mujgan Sagir OzdemirIn decision-making, there are often criteria that are opposite in direction to other criteria as in benefits (B) versus costs (C), and in opportunities (O) versus risks (R), and sometimes need to be distinguished by using negative numbers. In making paired comparisons of alternatives with respect...
Read MoreKnapsack allocation of multiple resources in benefit-cost analysis by way of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
James Benne, Thomas SaatyJournal: Mathematical and computer modellingBenefit-cost analysis has traditionally required monetary measures of benefits and costs of candidate projects. This paper demonstrates that priorities of both tangible and intangible attributes can be used in a benefit-cost setting to address the long standing problem of allocating multiple reso...
Read MoreConflict resolution and the falkland islands invasions
Thomas SaatyJournal: InterfacesThe analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is compared with game and metagame theories for analyzing conflicts. The AHP helps to structure the problem, generate and synthesize judgments, and carry out a benefit/cost analysis of various policies. The Falkland Islands crisis is examined using the judgmen...
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