The Analytic Hierarchy Process Applications and Studies

The Analytic Hierarchy Process Applications and Studies / edited by Bruce L. Golden, Edward A. Wasil, Patrick T. Harker.

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 th...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Golden, Bruce L. (Editor), Wasil, Edward A. (Editor), Harker, Patrick T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1989.
Edition:1st ed. 1989.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Operations research.
Decision making.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Overview
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Art and Science of Decision Making: The Analytic Hierarchy Process
  • 3. Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Categorized, Annotated Bibliography
  • II. Recent Developments
  • 4. Group Decision Making and the AHP
  • 5. An Alternate Measure of Consistency
  • Applications and Studies
  • III. Project Selection
  • 6. A Decision Support Approach for R&D Project Selection
  • 7. Project Selection by an Integrated Decision Aid
  • 8. Water Research Planning in South Africa
  • IV. Applications to the Electric Utility Industry
  • 9. Forecasting Loads and Designing Rates for Electric Utilities
  • 10. Predicting a National Acid Rain Policy
  • V. Decision Making in the Federal Government
  • 11. Decision Support for War Games
  • 12. Assessment of Security at Facilities that Produce Nuclear Weapons
  • VI. Diverse Real-World Models
  • 13. AHP in Practice: Applications and Observations from a Management Consulting Perspective
  • 14. Choosing Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Acute Pyelonephritis
  • 15. An Analysis of Conflict in Northern Ireland
  • 16. Site Selection for a Large Scale Integrated Circuits Factory
  • 17. Business Strategy Formulation for a Financial Institution in a Developing Country.

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