Supply Chain Management is an integrated approach to increase the effectiveness of the logistics chain by improving cooperation between the players in the chain. Supplier selection is one of the most crucial activities performed by organizations because of its strategic importance. Supplier selection is a multi-objective problem involving both quantitative and qualitative criteria the paper pro...

Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been widely used for a variety of applications such as supplier selection, customer requirements assessment and the like. The vast majority of the applications, however, were found avoiding the use of sophisticated approaches for fuzzy AHP such as fuzzy least squares method while using a simple extent analysis for the sake of simplicity. The extent ana...

This paper presents a fuzzy optimization model to solve multicriteria decision making (MCDM) systems based on a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP). To deal with the imprecise judgments of decision makers, a fuzzy AHP decision making model is proposed as an evaluation tool, where the expert’s comparison judgments are translated into fuzzy numbers. Unlike the conventional fuzzy AHP meth...

-This study presents an evaluation model for purchasing life insurance and annuity insurance using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy logic. Four factors are considered as the inputs of the proposed model including age, annual income, educational level and risk preference. To build the model, we interviewed five experts with at least three years of working experience in an insurance c...

In this paper we combine Real Options (ROs), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and zero-one Goal Programming (ZOGP) in an integrated decision analysis framework for valuing and prioritizing a portfolio of ICT infrastructure investments. It is the first time that ROs are integrated with AHP and ZOGP providing a single multi-objective multi-criteria model, called GROAHP. Finally, a case illustrati...

This paper describes the development of the Army Health Policy (AHP), which is a key component of the Army Human Resources Strategy (AHRS). The work on the AHP provided an opportunity for a fundamental review of the delivery of health support to the Army. The AHP will provide the strategic framework by which the Army will ensure the health of its workforce and, where appropriate, their dependen...

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is very popular method in the field of decision-making today. While one of the most natural extensions of AHP using fuzzy theory is to employ a reciprocal matrix with fuzzy-valued entries, some of the present authors proposed the fuzzy constraint-based approach before. In this paper, we consider about weights for fuzzy constraint-based approach and propose a kin...

Neutron diffraction profiles for cellulose from different sources were compared before and after alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP) treatment. It was found that AHP treatment did not cause detectable changes in the structure of highly polymerized cellulose. In measurements on wheat straw, peaks were observed at the angles characteristic of pure cellulose. Changes, with AHP treatment, of the inten...

The article deals with the application of AHP method to the development of the ranking of Lublin and Lviv Provinces based on the condition of innovativeness in companies. The final results of a survey are presented. A multi-criterion analysis in hierarchical order compatible with AHP method is adopted. In order to decide on the preferences of compared variants, the distance between linguistic v...

In this article, by using fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS technique we propose a new method for project selection problem. After reviewing four common methods of comparing alternatives investment (net present value, rate of return, benefit cost analysis and payback period) we use them as criteria in AHP tree. In this methodology by utilizing improved Analytical Hierarchy Process by Fuzzy set theory, first...