Why the analytic hierarchy process is not like multiattribute utility theory

MaRDI QIDQ4035013zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Luis Vargas

Publication date 18 May 1993

zbMATH Keywords

analytic hierarchy processhierarchiesmultiattribute utility theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06)

Review text

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0754.00016.] This paper examines the basic mathematical assumptions of both the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Multiattribute Utility Theory. We show that the main difference between these theories is not just a philosophical one. MAUT does not truly handle hierarchies as the AHP. Practitioners use tree like structures to decide on the criteria but all MAUT modes are three level hierarchies.

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