Axiomatic Foundation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

From MaRDI portal
Publication:3730297

DOI10.1287/mnsc.32.7.841zbMath0596.90003OpenAlexW2170866269MaRDI QIDQ3730297

Thomas L. Saaty

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.32.7.841



Related Items

A novel perspective on the inconsistency indices of reciprocal relations and pairwise comparison matricesOn using pairwise comparison in the analytic hierarchy process: validity is goal while consistency is meansMulti-criteria classification, sorting, and clustering: a bibliometric review and research agendaMultistage decision making based on prioritization of hesitant multiplicative preference relationsAn approach to using the analytic hierarchy process for solving multiple criteria decision making problemsHighlights and critical points in the theory and application of the analytic hierarchy processExperiments on rank preservation and reversal in relative measurementFacts and fictions about the analytic hierarchy processA probabilistic study of preference structures in the analytic hierarchy process with interval judgmentsA mathematical treatment of inconsistency in the analytic hierarchy processInconsistency analysis by approximately specified prioritiesThe self-dual core and the anti-self-dual remainder of an aggregation operatorGroup preference aggregation methods employed in AHP: An evaluation and an intrinsic process for deriving members' weightagesFuzzy analytic hierarchy process: fallacy of the popular methodsEnhancing data consistency in decision matrix: adapting Hadamard model to mitigate judgment contradictionA recursive least-squares algorithm for pairwise comparison matricesA group decision-making approach to uncertain quality function deployment based on fuzzy preference relation and fuzzy majorityA novel \((R,S)\)-norm entropy measure of intuitionistic fuzzy sets and its applications in multi-attribute decision-makingUncertainty and rank order in the analytic hierarchy processThe harmonic consistency index for the analytic hierarchy processAnalytic network process in risk assessment and decision analysisOn rank reversal in decision analysisA group decision making model based on goal programming with fuzzy hierarchy: an application to regional forest planningTransitive matrices, strict preference order and ordinal evaluation operatorsWEAK CONSISTENCY AND QUASI-LINEAR MEANS IMPLY THE ACTUAL RANKINGAn axiomatic approach to approximation-consistency of triangular fuzzy reciprocal preference relationsMulticriteria group decision making: optimal priority synthesis from pairwise comparisonsFuzzy relational equations in analytical hierarchy processInterval multiplicative pairwise comparison matrix: consistency, indeterminacy and normalityFormalization and use of knowledge in discrete optimization systemsAnother potential shortcoming of AHPExponential operational laws and new aggregation operators for intuitionistic multiplicative set in multiple-attribute group decision making processAnalytic hierarchy based policy design method (AHPo) for solving societal problems that require a multifaceted approachConsequences of uncertainty in the analytic hierarchy process: A simulation approachMulti-dimensional stability analysis for analytic network process modelsFurther discussions on induced bias matrix model for the pair-wise comparison matrixDeriving weights from a pairwise comparison matrix over an alo-groupMultiobjective fuzzy linear programming problems with fuzzy decision variables.A customer based supplier selection process that combines quality function deployment, the analytic network process and a Markov chainAn enhanced VIKOR method for multi-criteria group decision-making with complex Fermatean fuzzy setsA simple method to improve the consistency ratio of the pair-wise comparison matrix in ANPThe multiplicative consistency threshold of intuitionistic fuzzy preference relationPROMETHEE and AHP: the design of operational synergies in multicriteria analysis. Strengthening PROMETHEE with ideas of AHP.A comparative study of multiattribute decision making methodologiesA direct consistency test and improvement method for the analytic hierarchy processConstruction and restrictions of consistent matrices by Macharis' methodTwo new cases of rank reversals when the AHP and some of its additive variants are used that do not occur with the multiplicative AHPTransitive matrices and their applicationsRelative measurement and the power functionOn some multiobjective optimization problems arising in biologyThe consistency index in reciprocal matrices: Comparison of deterministic and statistical approachesReconstruction methods for AHP pairwise matrices: how reliable are they?Multi-criteria decision making based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy promethee approachA further discussion of ``A semiring-based study of judgment matrices: properties and modelsA new fuzzy programming method to derive the priority vector from an interval reciprocal comparison matrixInterval judgments and Euclidean centersFinancial distress early warning based on group decision makingNew weighted sum modelIntegrative fuzzy set pair model for land ecological security assessment: a case study of Xiaolangdi Reservoir Region, ChinaA re-examination of the algebraic properties of the AHP as a ratio-scaling techniqueEmpirical properties of group preference aggregation methods employed in AHP: theory and evidenceProject evaluation and selection in a network of collaboration: A consensual disaggregation multi-criterion approachMultiple levels of preference in interactive strategic decisionsA multi-objective optimization evolutionary algorithm incorporating preference information based on fuzzy logicExplicit design of innovation performance metrics by using analytic hierarchy process expansionA semiring-based study of judgment matrices: properties and modelsOn the efficacy of modeling multi-attribute decision problems using AHP and SinarchyRepresenting the strengths and directions of pairwise comparisonsAlgebraic representations of the weighted meanCombining strength and uncertainty for preferences in the graph model for conflict resolution with multiple decision makersData envelopment analysis for weight derivation and aggregation in the analytic hierarchy processSequential quadratic programming and analytic hierarchy process for nonlinear multiobjective optimization of a hydropower networkGroup decision making in a multiple criteria environment: A case using the AHP in software selectionUsing sequential analysis procedures to rank the influencing factors of public work's qualityModeling and simulation of large-scale systems: a systematic comparison of modeling paradigmsCharacterizations of consistent pairwise comparison matrices over abelian linearly ordered groupsA clustering algorithm based on intuitionistic fuzzy relations for tree structure evaluationEstimating the missing values for the incomplete decision matrix and consistency optimization in emergency managementA paraconsistent many-valued similarity method for multi-attribute decision makingA winner-take-all evaluation in data envelopment analysisUnnamed ItemA general unified framework for pairwise comparison matrices in multicriterial methodsEstablishing performance evaluation structures by fuzzy relation-based cluster analysisA methodology for priority setting with application to software development processUnnamed ItemAHP-based synergy allocation to the pattern in a mergerA decision-support model for investment decisions in new venturesThe analytic hierarchy process in an uncertain environment: A simulation approachThe interface between OR/MS and decision theoryAn extended rule-based inference for general decision-making problemsOn the spectrum of pairwise comparison matricesA Monte Carlo investigation of incomplete pairwise comparison matrices in AHPIntroduction to a new weighting method -- hierarchy consistency analysisA rational approach to handling fuzzy perceptions in route choiceAn experiment on the consistency of aggregated comparison matrices in AHPUnnamed ItemOn some useful properties of the Perron eigenvalue of a positive reciprocal matrix in the context of the analytic hierarchy processPreference simulation and preference programming: Robustness issues in priority derivationDeriving priorities from the Bradley-Terry modelOn multiplicative priority rating methods for the AHPMeasuring aggregate process performance using AHPA consistency improving method in the analytic hierarchy processA Fractional Programming Model for Improving Multiplicative Consistency of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Preference Relations