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Resource results for topic: AHPAHP Mathematical Calculations and Inconsistency
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): John SaatyDecision Lens is the complete, end-to-end software solution and business process for identifying, prioritizing, analyzing, and measuring which investments, projects, or resources will deliver the highest returns to your organization, while empowering you to quickly react to ever-changing data. Th...
Read MoreAHP and ANP for beginners - Dependence and Feedback in Single Networks
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThis presentation is a lecture on Dependence and Feedback in Single Networks. This is for AHP and ANP beginners. It includes concepts of scales, synthesis, pairwise comparisons, linear hierarchy, and ANP involves dependence and feedback with examples.
Read MoreHow did Thomas Saaty come up with the 1-9 AHP scale?
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThe video explored the 1-9 scale that is used in AHP and ANP.
Read MoreComparing Apples
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThomas Saaty compares apples by entering ratios of their sizes in an AHP pairwise comparison matrix. It leads to a valid answer and he explains that ratios are also used when comparing elements on an intangible property. It is a validation exercise. To validate a process you use it to see if give...
Read MoreThe origins of AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyHow to combine elements with different orders of magnitude in an AHP model? This is an example of using linking pin elements between groups of different magnitudes.
Read MoreAHP Introductory Example: Predicting Drinks Consumption in USA
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThomas Saaty presents an introductory AHP example where you try to estimate the drinks consumption in USA.
Read MoreAHP Introductory Example: School Selection
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThomas Saaty presents an introductory AHP example where we try to choose the best school. This is an example to help you understand how the method works.
Read MoreRating Examples
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThis is an AHP ratings example for giving Salary Raises to Employees. The Ratings approach of AHP is used to rate employees one-at-a-time for their work performance on company criteria. Their performance scores are used to proportionately allocate the money available for salary raises among the e...
Read MoreThomas Saaty on AHP in Prediction, Projection and Forecasting
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Creative Decisions FoundationThomas Saaty discusses using AHP to successfully predict presidential elections in the US since Jimmy Carter in 1980. The AHP was used to project when the US economy would turn around in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Outcomes of sporting events have been predicted by combining judgment with statistical da...
Read MoreAHP Theory and Math
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe presentation is from Thomas Saaty's course slides. It covers most mathematical foundations of AHP: the Derived Scale of the AHP, inconsistency, eigenvalue and eigenvector, sensitivity of the principal eigenvector to perturbations in the matrix, and generalizing hierarchic synthesis to the co...
Read MoreArchitectural Design by AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Miguel H. Beltran, Thomas SaatyThe presentation goes with a paper published by Thomas Saaty and Miguel H. Beltran.
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is explained and applied in another article in the same journal, is used to illustrate the architectural design of a house for a family of three. The plan of the house...
Read MoreDesigning Mouse trap and Catamaran with AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyTo design a new mousetrap, initial thinking centered around how today's mousetraps function and what makes them effective. Brainstorming revealed various methods of exterminating a rodent's life.
Read MoreThe Essentials of the Analytic Network Process with Seven Examples
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): The Super Decisions Software , Thomas SaatyEvery Project should have a summary with the following figures and tables included
1. Title with brief explanation of what the problem is and why a decision is needed.
2. BOCR networks compactly shown
3. Table of the BOCR control criteria, subcriteria and their priorities
4. Table of t...
Read MoreWeb System for Medical Diagnosis Support
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Claudio Garuti, Mario SandovalThe medical diagnosis error corresponds to any failure or mistake in the patient care process
that leads to the lack of a diagnosis, an incorrect or delayed one.
The main reasons for error in medical diagnosis can be grouped into two fundamental pillars: incorrect/inaccurated diagnosis, and lac...
Read MoreArchitectural Design by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Miguel H. BeltranThe Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is explained and applied in another article in the same journal, is used to illustrate the architectural design of a house for a family of three. The plan of the house was develop to satisfy the family's needs by considering the size of the lot, the...
Read MoreAHP Cartoon in English
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): The analytic sciences corporationAn illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in English
Read MoreAHP Cartoon in French
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationAn illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in French
Read MoreAHP Cartoon in Italian
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationAn illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in Italian
Read MoreMeaningless number crunching
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyNumbers need to be interpreted as to how they serve your purpose; otherwise they are meaningless. Here are some examples.
Read MorePeruvian Hostage Crisis
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Enrique MuMRTA Members storm Japanese embassy and take hostages. They demand release of jailed leaders and comrades. What should the government do? Can AHP help?
AHP can help us understand the issues surrounding conflict resolutions but it is still up to people to make the choices!
Read MoreAHP/ANP Decision Course Guideline
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThis outline is for AHP ANP Decision courses. Each lecture lasts 3 hours for 7 weeks
Read MoreOn the Measurement of Intangibles Relative Measurement Derived from Paired Comparisons
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 1 of the book: On the Measurement of Intangibles, Relative Measurement Derived from Paired Comparisons.
Nearly all of ...
Read MoreThe Unknown: What to Do About It
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 2 of the book - The Unknown: What to Do About It
This chapter deals with the following ideas:
-Augmenting a hierarchic...
Read MoreProjecting Average Family Size in Rural India by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty!The document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 3 of the book: Projecting Average Family Size in Rural India by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Although the material...
Read MoreA New Approach to the Middle East Conflict: the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 4: A New Approach to the Middle East Conflict: the Analytic Hierarchy Process
In most long-lasting conflicts, each par...
Read MoreSuperDecisions Software
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationThe SuperDecisions software is used for decision-making with dependence and feedback. It implements the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Analytic Network Process (ANP).
This software provides tools to create and manage AHP and ANP models, enter your judgments, get results and perform s...
Read MoreQuestionnaire of life satisfaction
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, H. J. Zoffer, Lirong WeiHow satisfied is each of us with the fulfillment of his life? In this paper after a thorough search of the literature about satisfaction, 58 criteria and subcriteria related to satisfaction or fulfillment were identified and arranged in a hierarchic structure. A process of prioritization known as...
Read MoreValidation Examples of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Analytic Network Process
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 6: Validation Examples of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Analytic Network Process.
" In this chapter, we deal wi...
Read MoreModeling the Graduate Business School Admissions Process
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 7: Modeling the Graduate Business School Admissions Process.
"In this chapter, we try to capture the overall decisio...
Read MoreAn Innovative Orders-of-Magnitude Approach to AHP-Based Mutli-criteria Decision Making
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 9: An Innovative Orders-of-Magnitude Approach to AHP-Based Mutli-criteria Decision Making.
"In what follows, we firs...
Read MoreThe Rationality of Punishment - Measuring the Severity of Crimes: An AHP-Based Orders-of- Magnitude Approach
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 10: The Rationality of Punishment - Measuring the Severity of Crimes: An AHP-Based Orders-of- Magnitude Approach. This ch...
Read MoreThe Analytic Hierarchy Process and Human Resource Allocation: Half the Story
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 11: The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Human Resource Allocation: Half the Story.
This is an expository chapter about t...
Read MoreFulfillment of Life
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, H J Zoffer, Lirong WeiIs there a way to assess how satisfied one is with one’s life to date? How close one has come to meeting one’s personal aspirations? There has been no immediate process available whereby we can articulate what we wanted for ourselves in a wide variety of aspects or to measure how close we have co...
Read MoreSHOULD THE UK HAVE BREXITED THE EUROPEAN UNION?
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Lirong WeiThe European Union is a great and inspired step towards economic unity and in particular financial, social, and political unity. Is it beneficial to the UK and to the world at large in the long run that the UK has broken off from the European Union in its Brexit with dissent coming from Londoners...
Read MoreSuperDecisions Tutorial: AHP Sensitivity Analysis
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationSensitivity analysis is used to analyze how the priorities of the alternative solutions change as we vary the priority of one or more decision making factors (criteria).
Read MoreThomas Saaty on AHP in Prediction, Projection and Forecasting
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationThomas Saaty discusses using AHP to successfully predict presidential elections in the US since Jimmy Carter in 1980. The AHP was used to project when the US economy would turn around in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Outcomes of sporting events have been predicted by combining judgment with statistical da...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 1: How to install Tools needed
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWelcome to Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials! In this first tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing the essential tools needed on a Mac and a Windows system to work with the Python AhpAnpLib library. Learn how to set up Visual Studio Code and Python to get started with creating AHP...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 2: Installing Python AhpAnpLib library
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWelcome to Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials! In this second episode, we will show you how to install and validate the latest version of the Python AhpAnpLib library. Follow along as we guide you through the installation process step-by-step, ensuring you have the most up-to-date tools for creating AHP/...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorials 5: Creating Benefits – Opportunities – Costs and Risks models
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn Tutorial 5, we delve into creating Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks (BOCR) models using Python and calculating short-term and long-term best decisions. We start by demonstrating how to create these models by importing data from Excel, either from a pre-existing model or from scratch. ...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorials 3-1a: Creating an AHP model in Python from scratch
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWe'll dive into the step-by-step process of building the AHP model in this tutorial. You'll learn how to define criteria, set up the hierarchy, and export the pairwise comparisons questionnaire template.
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorial 3-1b: Creating an AHP model in Python from an Excel AHP file
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we will show you how to create an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model in Python using an existing Excel file with AHP data. We'll guide you through the process of importing the AHP structure and judgments from the Excel file into Python, allowing you to work with the mode...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorials 3-2a: Eliciting Judgments using an Excel template
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to elicit judgments for your Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model using an Excel template. You'll learn how to fill in pairwise comparison matrices and direct values to capture the relative importance of criteria and alternatives. This hands-on guid...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorial 3-3: Calculating results
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we dive into the exciting process of calculating results for your Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. You'll learn how to use the AhpAnpLib library to import your filled-in Excel questionnaire, calculate the pairwise comparison matrices, and derive the priorities of your...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 1: Introduction to AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWelcome to "Theory Tutorial 1: Introduction to AHP"! In this video, Dr. Elena Rokou provides a comprehensive introduction to the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Developed by Thomas L. Saaty in the 1970s, AHP is a widely-used decision-making framework that helps in complex problem-solvin...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 2: Structuring AHP Model
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou demonstrates the process of structuring a comprehensive Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model using the example of car selection. AHP, developed by Thomas L. Saaty, is a powerful decision-making framework that helps in prioritizing alternatives based on multiple...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 3: Ratings model
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou delves into the world of AHP Ratings Models, a fundamental aspect of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology. AHP Ratings Models play a crucial role in quantifying the relative importance of criteria and alternatives, providing a structured approach to d...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 5: BOCR model
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou presents an in-depth exploration of the BOCR (Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks) model—a powerful framework for strategic decision-making. The BOCR model provides a structured approach to evaluate and compare the various aspects of a decision, allowing or...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 6: Optimization with AHP
Level: AdvancedAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou delves into the powerful synergy between Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and optimization methods, with a specific focus on resource allocation.
Optimization plays a crucial role in decision-making processes, especially when it comes to allocating resources e...
Read MorePython AppAnpLib Tuotorials 3-1c: Creating a model from a super matrix
Level: AdvancedAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we introduce a method of creating models using a supermatrix. with the supermatrix, goal, criteria, subcriteria, and alternatives, connections will be created automatically, and judgments will be read initially for the priority vectors in the supermatrix.
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 3-1d: Reading SuperDecisions model in Python
Level: AdvancedAuthor(s): Creative Decisions foundationIn this tutorial, we demonstrate a powerful feature that allows users to read SuperDecisions models directly into Python. With this capability, users can seamlessly integrate SuperDecisions models into their Python workflows, enhancing flexibility and efficiency in decision-making processes. All ...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 3-5: Sensitivity Analysis
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we delve into the intricacies of sensitivity analysis and its application in the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) models. Learn how to evaluate the impact of parameter variations on decision outcomes using the Python AhpAnpLib.
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AHP Mathematical Calculations and Inconsistency
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): John SaatyDecision Lens is the complete, end-to-end software solution and business process for identifying, prioritizing, analyzing, and measuring which investments, projects, or resources will deliver the highest returns to your organization, while empowering you to quickly react to ever-changing data. Th...
Read MoreAHP and ANP for beginners - Dependence and Feedback in Single Networks
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThis presentation is a lecture on Dependence and Feedback in Single Networks. This is for AHP and ANP beginners. It includes concepts of scales, synthesis, pairwise comparisons, linear hierarchy, and ANP involves dependence and feedback with examples.
Read MoreHow did Thomas Saaty come up with the 1-9 AHP scale?
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThe video explored the 1-9 scale that is used in AHP and ANP.
Read MoreComparing Apples
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThomas Saaty compares apples by entering ratios of their sizes in an AHP pairwise comparison matrix. It leads to a valid answer and he explains that ratios are also used when comparing elements on an intangible property. It is a validation exercise. To validate a process you use it to see if give...
Read MoreThe origins of AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyHow to combine elements with different orders of magnitude in an AHP model? This is an example of using linking pin elements between groups of different magnitudes.
Read MoreAHP Introductory Example: Predicting Drinks Consumption in USA
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThomas Saaty presents an introductory AHP example where you try to estimate the drinks consumption in USA.
Read MoreAHP Introductory Example: School Selection
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThomas Saaty presents an introductory AHP example where we try to choose the best school. This is an example to help you understand how the method works.
Read MoreRating Examples
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas SaatyThis is an AHP ratings example for giving Salary Raises to Employees. The Ratings approach of AHP is used to rate employees one-at-a-time for their work performance on company criteria. Their performance scores are used to proportionately allocate the money available for salary raises among the e...
Read MoreThomas Saaty on AHP in Prediction, Projection and Forecasting
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Creative Decisions FoundationThomas Saaty discusses using AHP to successfully predict presidential elections in the US since Jimmy Carter in 1980. The AHP was used to project when the US economy would turn around in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Outcomes of sporting events have been predicted by combining judgment with statistical da...
Read MoreAHP Theory and Math
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe presentation is from Thomas Saaty's course slides. It covers most mathematical foundations of AHP: the Derived Scale of the AHP, inconsistency, eigenvalue and eigenvector, sensitivity of the principal eigenvector to perturbations in the matrix, and generalizing hierarchic synthesis to the co...
Read MoreArchitectural Design by AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Miguel H. Beltran, Thomas SaatyThe presentation goes with a paper published by Thomas Saaty and Miguel H. Beltran. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is explained and applied in another article in the same journal, is used to illustrate the architectural design of a house for a family of three. The plan of the house...
Read MoreDesigning Mouse trap and Catamaran with AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyTo design a new mousetrap, initial thinking centered around how today's mousetraps function and what makes them effective. Brainstorming revealed various methods of exterminating a rodent's life.
Read MoreThe Essentials of the Analytic Network Process with Seven Examples
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): The Super Decisions Software , Thomas SaatyEvery Project should have a summary with the following figures and tables included 1. Title with brief explanation of what the problem is and why a decision is needed. 2. BOCR networks compactly shown 3. Table of the BOCR control criteria, subcriteria and their priorities 4. Table of t...
Read MoreWeb System for Medical Diagnosis Support
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Claudio Garuti, Mario SandovalThe medical diagnosis error corresponds to any failure or mistake in the patient care process that leads to the lack of a diagnosis, an incorrect or delayed one. The main reasons for error in medical diagnosis can be grouped into two fundamental pillars: incorrect/inaccurated diagnosis, and lac...
Read MoreArchitectural Design by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Miguel H. BeltranThe Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is explained and applied in another article in the same journal, is used to illustrate the architectural design of a house for a family of three. The plan of the house was develop to satisfy the family's needs by considering the size of the lot, the...
Read MoreAHP Cartoon in English
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): The analytic sciences corporationAn illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in English
Read MoreAHP Cartoon in French
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationAn illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in French
Read MoreAHP Cartoon in Italian
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationAn illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in Italian
Read MoreMeaningless number crunching
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyNumbers need to be interpreted as to how they serve your purpose; otherwise they are meaningless. Here are some examples.
Read MorePeruvian Hostage Crisis
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Enrique MuMRTA Members storm Japanese embassy and take hostages. They demand release of jailed leaders and comrades. What should the government do? Can AHP help? AHP can help us understand the issues surrounding conflict resolutions but it is still up to people to make the choices!
Read MoreAHP/ANP Decision Course Guideline
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThis outline is for AHP ANP Decision courses. Each lecture lasts 3 hours for 7 weeks
Read MoreOn the Measurement of Intangibles Relative Measurement Derived from Paired Comparisons
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 1 of the book: On the Measurement of Intangibles, Relative Measurement Derived from Paired Comparisons. Nearly all of ...
Read MoreThe Unknown: What to Do About It
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 2 of the book - The Unknown: What to Do About It This chapter deals with the following ideas: -Augmenting a hierarchic...
Read MoreProjecting Average Family Size in Rural India by the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty!The document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 3 of the book: Projecting Average Family Size in Rural India by the Analytic Hierarchy Process Although the material...
Read MoreA New Approach to the Middle East Conflict: the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 4: A New Approach to the Middle East Conflict: the Analytic Hierarchy Process In most long-lasting conflicts, each par...
Read MoreSuperDecisions Software
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationThe SuperDecisions software is used for decision-making with dependence and feedback. It implements the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Analytic Network Process (ANP). This software provides tools to create and manage AHP and ANP models, enter your judgments, get results and perform s...
Read MoreQuestionnaire of life satisfaction
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, H. J. Zoffer, Lirong WeiHow satisfied is each of us with the fulfillment of his life? In this paper after a thorough search of the literature about satisfaction, 58 criteria and subcriteria related to satisfaction or fulfillment were identified and arranged in a hierarchic structure. A process of prioritization known as...
Read MoreValidation Examples of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Analytic Network Process
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 6: Validation Examples of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Analytic Network Process. " In this chapter, we deal wi...
Read MoreModeling the Graduate Business School Admissions Process
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 7: Modeling the Graduate Business School Admissions Process. "In this chapter, we try to capture the overall decisio...
Read MoreAn Innovative Orders-of-Magnitude Approach to AHP-Based Mutli-criteria Decision Making
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 9: An Innovative Orders-of-Magnitude Approach to AHP-Based Mutli-criteria Decision Making. "In what follows, we firs...
Read MoreThe Rationality of Punishment - Measuring the Severity of Crimes: An AHP-Based Orders-of- Magnitude Approach
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 10: The Rationality of Punishment - Measuring the Severity of Crimes: An AHP-Based Orders-of- Magnitude Approach. This ch...
Read MoreThe Analytic Hierarchy Process and Human Resource Allocation: Half the Story
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas SaatyThe document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 11: The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Human Resource Allocation: Half the Story. This is an expository chapter about t...
Read MoreFulfillment of Life
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, H J Zoffer, Lirong WeiIs there a way to assess how satisfied one is with one’s life to date? How close one has come to meeting one’s personal aspirations? There has been no immediate process available whereby we can articulate what we wanted for ourselves in a wide variety of aspects or to measure how close we have co...
Read MoreSHOULD THE UK HAVE BREXITED THE EUROPEAN UNION?
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Thomas Saaty, Lirong WeiThe European Union is a great and inspired step towards economic unity and in particular financial, social, and political unity. Is it beneficial to the UK and to the world at large in the long run that the UK has broken off from the European Union in its Brexit with dissent coming from Londoners...
Read MoreSuperDecisions Tutorial: AHP Sensitivity Analysis
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationSensitivity analysis is used to analyze how the priorities of the alternative solutions change as we vary the priority of one or more decision making factors (criteria).
Read MoreThomas Saaty on AHP in Prediction, Projection and Forecasting
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationThomas Saaty discusses using AHP to successfully predict presidential elections in the US since Jimmy Carter in 1980. The AHP was used to project when the US economy would turn around in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Outcomes of sporting events have been predicted by combining judgment with statistical da...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 1: How to install Tools needed
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWelcome to Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials! In this first tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing the essential tools needed on a Mac and a Windows system to work with the Python AhpAnpLib library. Learn how to set up Visual Studio Code and Python to get started with creating AHP...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 2: Installing Python AhpAnpLib library
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWelcome to Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials! In this second episode, we will show you how to install and validate the latest version of the Python AhpAnpLib library. Follow along as we guide you through the installation process step-by-step, ensuring you have the most up-to-date tools for creating AHP/...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorials 5: Creating Benefits – Opportunities – Costs and Risks models
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn Tutorial 5, we delve into creating Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks (BOCR) models using Python and calculating short-term and long-term best decisions. We start by demonstrating how to create these models by importing data from Excel, either from a pre-existing model or from scratch. ...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorials 3-1a: Creating an AHP model in Python from scratch
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWe'll dive into the step-by-step process of building the AHP model in this tutorial. You'll learn how to define criteria, set up the hierarchy, and export the pairwise comparisons questionnaire template.
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorial 3-1b: Creating an AHP model in Python from an Excel AHP file
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we will show you how to create an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model in Python using an existing Excel file with AHP data. We'll guide you through the process of importing the AHP structure and judgments from the Excel file into Python, allowing you to work with the mode...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorials 3-2a: Eliciting Judgments using an Excel template
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to elicit judgments for your Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model using an Excel template. You'll learn how to fill in pairwise comparison matrices and direct values to capture the relative importance of criteria and alternatives. This hands-on guid...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Tutorial 3-3: Calculating results
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, we dive into the exciting process of calculating results for your Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. You'll learn how to use the AhpAnpLib library to import your filled-in Excel questionnaire, calculate the pairwise comparison matrices, and derive the priorities of your...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 1: Introduction to AHP
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationWelcome to "Theory Tutorial 1: Introduction to AHP"! In this video, Dr. Elena Rokou provides a comprehensive introduction to the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Developed by Thomas L. Saaty in the 1970s, AHP is a widely-used decision-making framework that helps in complex problem-solvin...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 2: Structuring AHP Model
Level: BeginnerAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou demonstrates the process of structuring a comprehensive Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model using the example of car selection. AHP, developed by Thomas L. Saaty, is a powerful decision-making framework that helps in prioritizing alternatives based on multiple...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 3: Ratings model
Level: IntermediateAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou delves into the world of AHP Ratings Models, a fundamental aspect of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology. AHP Ratings Models play a crucial role in quantifying the relative importance of criteria and alternatives, providing a structured approach to d...
Read MorePython AhpAnpLib Theory 5: BOCR model
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Level: AdvancedAuthor(s): Creative Decisions FoundationIn this tutorial, Dr. Elena Rokou delves into the powerful synergy between Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and optimization methods, with a specific focus on resource allocation. Optimization plays a crucial role in decision-making processes, especially when it comes to allocating resources e...
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