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While the best way to understand AHP hierarchies is to work with them on a practical basis, the extensive literature on AHP includes some works that discuss the subject in depth. Some of them are listed below. | While the best way to understand AHP hierarchies is to work with them on a practical basis, the extensive literature on AHP includes some works that discuss the subject in depth. Some of them are listed below. | ||
Chapter 3 of the book ''Decision Making for Leaders''<ref name='DMFL'>{{cite book | last = Saaty | first = Thomas L. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Decision Making for Leaders: The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World | publisher = RWS Publications | date = 1999-05-01 | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | pages = | url = http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Making-Leaders-Hierarchy-Decisions/dp/096203178X/ref=sr_1_1/105-2850894-2453264?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191602292&sr=1-1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-9620317-8-X }}</ref> includes | Chapter 3 of the book ''Decision Making for Leaders''<ref name='DMFL'>{{cite book | last = Saaty | first = Thomas L. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Decision Making for Leaders: The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World | publisher = RWS Publications | date = 1999-05-01 | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | pages = | url = http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Making-Leaders-Hierarchy-Decisions/dp/096203178X/ref=sr_1_1/105-2850894-2453264?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191602292&sr=1-1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-9620317-8-X }}</ref> includes eight pages of information on Analyzing and Structuring Hierarchies in AHP, written at the level of college business classes, and intended for practicing decision makers. The chapter's key points are: | ||
*In an AHP hierarchy, complex problems are split into their component parts according to their essential relationships. | *In an AHP hierarchy, complex problems are split into their component parts according to their essential relationships. | ||
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Other steps
- Establish priorities for the elements of the hierarchy.
- Investigate the logical consistency of the priorities established in step 2.
More about Hierarchies
While the best way to understand AHP hierarchies is to work with them on a practical basis, the extensive literature on AHP includes some works that discuss the subject in depth. Some of them are listed below.
Chapter 3 of the book Decision Making for Leaders[1] includes eight pages of information on Analyzing and Structuring Hierarchies in AHP, written at the level of college business classes, and intended for practicing decision makers. The chapter's key points are:
- In an AHP hierarchy, complex problems are split into their component parts according to their essential relationships.
- The top level of the hierarchy has only one element—the goal. The other levels usually contain between five and nine elements each.
- There is no limit to the number of levels.
- When the elements of a level cannot be easily compared, a new level with finer distinctions should be created.
- Hierarchies can be altered during the course of the process.
Chapter 4 of the same book discusses 32 hierarchies that have been used with the Analytic Hierarchy Process. They include hierarchies for business decisions, personal and domestic decisions, public policy decisions, planning economic policies, estimating and predicting, and measuring influences. Examples include hierarchies for:
- Choosing Urethane Equipment
- Allocating R&D Resources
- Choosing a School
- Choosing a Program to Increase Harbor Capacity
- Analyzing Conflict in Healthcare Administration
- Measuring Parental Influence on Psychological Well-Being
An extensive reference on AHP hierarchies is The Hierarchon,[2] a dictionary of over 400 decision problems in government and the private sector, structured as hierarchical decision models. The Hierarchon serves as a stimulus and a rich source of ideas to help in structuring decision problems as hierarchies.
References
- ↑ Saaty, Thomas L. (1999-05-01). Decision Making for Leaders: The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: RWS Publications. ISBN 0-9620317-8-X.
- ↑ Saaty, Thomas L. (1992-06-01). The Hierarchon: A Dictionary of Hierarchies. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: RWS Publications. ISBN 0962031755.