Treemaps, a visualization method for large hierarchical data spaces, are used to augment the capabilities of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for decision-making. Two direct manipulation tools, presented metaphorically as a “pump” and a “hook,” were developed and applied to the treemap to support AHP sensitivity analysis. Users can change the importance of criteria dynamically on the two-di...

In the current scenario, climatic adversities and a growing population are adding woes to concerns of food safety security. Furthermore, with implementation Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 by United Nations (UN), focusing on sustainable production–consumption, vulnerabilities need be addressed. Hence, in order map production–consumption avenues, agricultural practices investigated for lik...

objectives: to locate the road emergency stations in fars province based on using spatial multi-criteria decision making (delphi method).    methods: in this study, the criteria affecting the location of road emergency stations have been identified through delphi method and their importance was determined using analytical hierarchical process (ahp). with regard to the importance of the criteria...

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a utility theory based decision-making technique, which works on a premise that the decision-making of complex problems can be handled by structuring them into simple and comprehensible hierarchical structures. However, AHP involves human subjective evaluation, which introduces vagueness that necessitates the use of decision-making under uncertainty. The vagu...

The purpose of this paper is to propose new evaluation criteria and an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model to assess the expanded national immunization programs (ENIPs) and to evaluate two alternative health care policies. One of the alternative policies is that private clinics and hospitals would offer free vaccination services to children and the other of them is that public health centers...

Inthis article we offer a method of ranking contractors by using DEA based onanalysis deficit and AHP. The process of hierarchical analysis (AHP) byproviding scales from paired comparison matrix, performs the contractor’sprioritizing choice. But AHP has some problems and to solve those problems,Jahanshahloo and his colleagues presented a new model which uses DEA andstandard deviation. In this a...

This study aimed to identify financial and cash flow risks associated with SMEs investigated how managers perceived these using the analytical hierarchical process (AHP). Accordingly, a three-level decision model was structured two criteria, probability consequences, list of six different types as alternatives. Data were collected by survey questionnaire from SME managers/owners analyzed in acc...