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Models, Methods, Concepts & Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

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  1. Thomas L. Saaty

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. Luis G. Vargas

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 34)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. How to Make A Decision

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Seven Pillars of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 27-46

  4. Architectural Design

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 47-70

  5. Designing a Mousetrap

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 71-84

  6. Designing the Best Catamaran

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 85-96

  7. The Selection of a Bridge

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 97-109

  8. Measuring Dependence Between Activities: Input-Output Application to the Sudan

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 111-118

  9. Technological Choice in Less Developed Countries

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 119-133

  10. Market Attractiveness of Developing Countries

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 135-157

  11. An Analytic Hierarchy Process Based Approach to the Design and Evaluation of a Marketing Driven Business and Corporate Strategy

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 159-169

  12. New Product Pricing Strategy

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 171-182

  13. Incorporating Expert Judgment in Economic Forecasts: The Case of the U.S. Economy in 1992

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 183-198

  14. A New Macroeconomic Forecasting and Policy Evaluation Method

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 199-217

  15. Forecasting the Future of the Soviet Union

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 219-233

  16. Abortion and the States: How Will the Supreme Court Rule on the Upcoming Pennsylvania Abortion Issue

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 235-244

  17. The Benefits and Costs of Authorizing Riverboat Gambling

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 245-255

  18. The Case of the Spotted Owl vs. The Logging Industry

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 257-262

  19. Selection of Recycling Goal Most Likely to Succeed

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 263-272

  20. To Drill Or Not To Drill: A Synthesis of Expert Judgments

    • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
    Pages 273-283
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About this book

Models, Methods, Concepts and Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process is a volume dedicated to selected applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) focused on three themes: economics, the social sciences, and the linking of measurement with human values. (1) The AHP offers economists a substantially different approach to dealing with economic problems through ratio scales. The main mathematical models on which economics has based its quantitative thinking up to now are utility theory, which uses interval scales, and linear programming. We hope that the variety of examples included here can perhaps stimulate researchers in economics to try applying this new approach. (2) The second theme is concerned with the social sciences. The AHP offers psychologists and political scientists the methodology to quantify and derive measurements for intangibles. We hope that the examples included in this book will encourage them to examine the methods of AHP in terms of the problems they seek to solve. (3) The third theme is concerned with providing people in the physical and engineering sciences with a quantitative method to link hard measurement to human values. In such a process one needs to interpret what the measurements mean. A number is useless until someone understands what it means. It can have different meanings in different problems. Ten dollars are plenty to satisfy one's hunger but are useless by themselves in buying a new car. Such measurements are only indicators of the state of a system, but do not relate to the values of the human observers of that system. AHP methods can help resolve the conflicts between hard measurement data and human values.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Models, Methods, Concepts & Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

  • Authors: Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas

  • Series Title: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1665-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5667-7Published: 26 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1665-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0884-8289

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7934

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 333

  • Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Econometrics

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