This paper presents a decision model based upon community preferences to hierachise activities that support the development of a rural area in Chile. Local government of the region has tried to stimulate economic development for many years without success. The goals surrounding incentive programs offered are complex and conflicting. Often inconsistencies exist between community preferences, inc...

Purpose – To provide a good insight into the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) that is a multiple criteria decision-making methodology in evaluating flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). Design/methodology/approach – In this study AHP is used to the decision by a tractor manufacturing plant to implement FMS. Also sensitivity analysis is conducted to see how realistic the final outcome is...

Among all methodologies to support multi-criteria decision making, the Analytics Hierarchy Process is widely used in most diverse situations. Different authors treat it as one of best alternatives when there a need introduce subjective criteria within decision-making process, addition having adaptability situations with high number using ratings. In this work, comparison was made between rankin...

The increased proportion of aging population will demand changes to healthcare systems in developing countries. The increasing demand on the health sector is an inevitable and complicated process. Providing suitable healthcare services is essential for those elderly people who may encounter various medical problems and conditions. Early detection and identification of diseases for treatment, an...

Systems of equations of the form φj(X1, . . . ,Xn) = ψj(X1, . . . ,Xn) with 1 6 j 6 m are considered, in which the unknowns Xi are sets of natural numbers, while the expressions φj , ψj may contain singleton constants and the operations of union and pairwise addition S + T = {m + n | m ∈ S, n ∈ T}. It is shown that the family of sets representable by unique (least, greatest) solutions of such s...

Solving a multiple criteria decision making problem by a group of decision makers in different geographical locations could be hard. Analytic Hierarchy Process is a mathematical model capable of dealing with such type of problems. However, the lack of geographical support is the major drawback of a traditional standalone Analytic Hierarchy Process tool. To address this issue, this paper propose...

Decision.The Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP, introduced by Thomas Saaty 1980, is an. Synthesizing the results, the AHP helps to capture both subjective and.Saaty The AHP: How to make a decision properties or features of the alternatives being compared, and the alternatives themselves are gradually layered in the.INTRODUCTION. The Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP is due to Saaty 1980 and is often ...

Selecting the most suitable alternative under uncertainty is considered as a critical decision-making problem that affects the success of organizations. In the selection process, there are a number of assessment criteria, considered by a group of decision makers, which often could be established in a multi-level hierarchy structure. The aim of this paper is to introduce a new hierarchical multi...