Decisions involve many intangibles that need to be traded off. To do that, they have to be measured along side tangibles whose measurements must also be evaluated as to, how well, they serve the objectives of the decision maker. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a theory of measurement through pairwise comparisons and relies on the judgements of experts to derive priority scales. It is th...

the findings indicate that among the main factors affecting job stress the psycho-social, physical and environmental factors are prior to the other factors. also amongst the psychosocial factors, lack of career promotion opportunities with 0.222 has the most weight and a lack of accountability of the management about the employees' concerns with 0.036 has the least weight; amongst the phys...

This paper proposes a multiplicative approach to solve defective issues in lexicographic goal programming of the analytic hierarchy process (LGPAHP). Although the LGPAHP can handle inconsistent interval comparison matrices, it generates different weights in the upper and lower triangular interval judgments. Instead of adopting additive constraints, the proposed method uses multiplicative constr...

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 ...

Development of coastal area for various economic activities such as agriculture, tourism and industrial facilities and recreational areas is inevitable. These activities may indirectly contribute to accelerated coastal erosion. Economic activities imply a pressure on natural environment for the case of coastal zones. In addition, environmental changes such as climate change, tidal wave, wind an...

Selectingsustainableenergysourcesisoneoftheeffortstoensuringoptimumenergyconsumption. However, the selectionprocess is not straight forward as it requiresmulti-criteria that inherited uncertaintyandqualitativeevaluation.Multi-criteriaevaluationthatbasedonfuzzysettheoryisone ofthewell-knownmethodstohandleuncertaintyindecisionmakingandvagueness...