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The Analytic Hierarchy Process

Applications and Studies

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Bruce L. Golden

    1. Department of Management Science and Statistics College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  2. Edward A. Wasil

    1. Kogod College of Business Administration, American University, USA

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  3. Patrick T. Harker

    1. The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
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  2. Overview

    1. Introduction

      • Bruce L. Golden, Edward A. Wasil, Patrick T. Harker
      Pages 1-2

    2. The Art and Science of Decision Making: The Analytic Hierarchy Process

      • Patrick T. Harker
      Pages 3-36

    3. Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Categorized, Annotated Bibliography

      • Bruce L. Golden, Edward A. Wasil, Doug E. Levy
      Pages 37-58

  3. Recent Developments

    1. Group Decision Making and the AHP

      • Thomas L. Saaty
      Pages 59-67

    2. An Alternate Measure of Consistency

      • Bruce L. Golden, Qiwen Wang
      Pages 68-81

  4. Applications and Studies

    1. Project Selection

      1. A Decision Support Approach for R&D Project Selection
        • Matthew J. Liberatore
        Pages 82-100
      2. Project Selection by an Integrated Decision Aid
        • Jukka Ruusunen, Raimo P. Hamalainen
        Pages 101-121
      3. Water Research Planning in South Africa
        • L. Paul Fatti
        Pages 122-137

    2. Applications to the Electric Utility Industry

      1. Forecasting Loads and Designing Rates for Electric Utilities
        • Earl R. MacCormac
        Pages 138-154
      2. Predicting a National Acid Rain Policy
        • Robert Lewis, Doug E. Levy
        Pages 155-170

    3. Decision Making in the Federal Government

      1. Decision Support for War Games
        • Robert J. Might, William D. Daniel Jr.
        Pages 171-181
      2. Assessment of Security at Facilities That Produce Nuclear Weapons
        • John G. Vlahakis, William R. Partridge
        Pages 182-191

    4. Diverse Real-World Models

      1. AHP in Practice: Applications and Observations from a Management Consulting Perspective
        • Kenneth H. Mitchell, Edward A. Wasil
        Pages 192-212
      2. Choosing Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Pyelonephritis
        • James G. Dolan
        Pages 213-224
      3. An Analysis of Conflict in Northern Ireland
        • Joyce M. Alexander
        Pages 225-241
      4. Site Selection for a Large Scale Integrated Circuits Factory
        • Kaoru Tone, Shigeru Yanagisawa
        Pages 242-250
      5. Business Strategy Formulation for a Financial Institution in a Developing Country
        • Luis G. Vargas, J. Bernat Roura-Agusti
        Pages 251-265

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 266-267
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Management science is a di scipl ine dedicated to the development of techniques that enable decision makers to cope with the increasing complexity of our world. The early burst of excitement which was spawned by the development and successful applications of linear programming to problems in both the public and private sectors has challenged researchers to develop even more sophisticated methods to deal with the complex nature of decision making. Sophistication, however, does not always trans 1 ate into more complex mathematics. Professor Thomas L. Saaty was working for the U. S. Defense Department and for the U. S. Department of State in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In these positions, Professor Saaty was exposed to some of the most complex decisions facing the world: arms control, the Middle East problem, and the development of a transport system for a Third­ World country. While having made major contributions to numerous areas of mathematics and the theory of operations research, he soon realized that one did not need complex mathematics to come to grips with these decision problems, just the right mathematics! Thus, Professor Saaty set out to develop a mathematically-based technique for analyzing complex situations which was sophisticated in its simplicity. This technique became known as the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and has become very successful in helping decision makers to structure and analyze a wide range of problems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Management Science and Statistics College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Bruce L. Golden

  • Kogod College of Business Administration, American University, USA

    Edward A. Wasil

  • The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Patrick T. Harker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Analytic Hierarchy Process

  • Book Subtitle: Applications and Studies

  • Editors: Bruce L. Golden, Edward A. Wasil, Patrick T. Harker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50244-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-50246-0Published: 14 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-50244-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Mathematical and Computational Engineering

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