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THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS Katarzyna Zalewska

Krzysztof Napora
WHAT IS THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHT)?
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a structured technique for organizing and
analyzing complex decisions.
AHP is a powerful tool that may be used to make decisions when:
multiple and conflicting objectives/criteria are present,
and both qualitative and quantitative aspects of a decision need to be considered.
AHP reduces complex decisions to a series of pairwise comparisons.
It was developed by Thomas L. Saaty in the 1970s.
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
Wide range of applications exists:
• Selecting a car for purchasing
• Deciding upon a place to visit for vacation
• Deciding upon an MBA program after graduation.
HOW THE AHP WORKS?
1. Computing the vector of objective weights
2. Computing the matrix of scenario scores
3. Ranking the scenarios
4. Checking the consistency
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