Developing a mathematical programming model for sensitivity analysis in analytic hierarchy process

DOI10.1504/IJMOR.2010.032719MaRDI QIDQ975798zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Taraneh Sowlati, Pooria Assadi, Joseph C. Paradi

Publication date 11 June 2010

Published in International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMOR.2010.032719

zbMATH Keywords

AHPanalytical hierarchy processCanadadesign softwarekitchen cabinet manufacturinglinear programmingmanufacturing softwaremathematical programmingMCDMmulticriteria decision makingoperational researchsensitivity analysissoftware selectionwood industry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Sensitivity, stability, parametric optimization (90C31)

Review text

Summary: Sensitivity analysis is an important step in multi-criteria decision making that provides useful information and insights on the decision problem. The solution of a decision problem is not complete if only the ranks of alternatives are determined, since any change in the input parameters may change the ranking and the final decision. This article presents a mathematical programming model for sensitivity analysis in the analytic hierarchy process method to assess the minimum required changes in the weights of criteria to alter the alternatives ranking. The proposed model is applied to a real case of evaluating and selecting design and manufacturing software packages in a kitchen cabinet manufacturing company in Canada. The results of sensitivity analysis are used to assess the robustness of the final decision.

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