Papers

This section presents a collection of AHP/ANP papers. Whether you are a student, academic and/or professional in the field of decision making, you can help us expand this collection by sharing your papers on decision making with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Analytic Network Process (ANP).

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How to Obtain a Global Reference Threshold in AHP/ANP

Claudio Garuti
Journal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
This paper has two main objectives. The first objective is to provide a mathematically grounded technique to construct local and global thresholds using the well-known rate of change method. The next objective, which is secondary, is to show the relevance and possibilities of applying the AHP/ANP...

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Reflections on Common Misunderstandings When Using AHP and a Response to Criticism of Saaty’s Consistency Index

Claudio Garuti
Journal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
This essay deals with misunderstandings which, in this author’s opinion, seem to prevail in the minds of some AHP critics. The main apparent problem is the lack of necessary knowledge about the scale concept including what a scale is, how it is mathematically defined, and what one can or cannot d...

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Reflections On Scales From Measurements, Not Measurements From Scale

Claudio Garuti
Journal: International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
This essay will discuss the different kinds of scales that are frequently used, and what can and cannot be done with them. We will also explore what absolute numbers are and how to work with them to deal with quantitative and qualitative data. From my point of view, this is the starting point for...

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