Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book examines the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, its varied uses, as well as its limitations for solving real-world scenarios. While the simplicity of the method compels users to find shortcuts to a real-world problem, it also leads to obtaining wrong results that do not represent reality. By alerting practitioners about the core necessities of a new scenario, this book helps solve this problem, as well as contribute to the field of Multicriteria Decision Making Method (MDCM). The authors use a demonstrative, rather than a theoretical approach, and examine '30 subjects that displays the shortcom¬ings and drawbacks of the AHP. Each one is examined in-depth, discussed, debated and reasoned, using examples, some of them numeric. The book highlights the rationality and common sense of the subjects, and in most cases, validates the criticism by show¬ing through numerical examples the impossibility of the AHP method to address, let alone solve the real-world projects. At the conclusion of each subject, a table is built comparing the similarities and differences between the opinions of the authors and other experts, along with the respective pros and cons.
Synopsis
Chapter 1: General Concepts.- Chapter 2: The Hierarchical Structure.- Chapter 3: Complex Scenarios.- Chapter 4: Rationality of the AHP Method.- Chapter 5: Shortcomings of the AHP Method.- Chapter 6: The Need for Improvement the MCDM Modeling.- Chapter 7: Final Remarks and Conclusion on AHP/ANP Inability for Solving Complex Scenarios.- Glossary.- References.