Analytical hierarchy process: revolution and evolution

• Published in: Annals of operations research Vol. 326; no. 2; pp. 879 - 907
• Main Authors: Tavana, Madjid, Soltanifar, Mehdi, Santos-Arteaga, Francisco J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acceptability; Analysis; Analytic hierarchy process; Analytical hierarchy process; Business and Management; Combinatorics; Decision making; Evolution; Hierarchies; Multiple criteria decision making; Multiple criterion; Operations research; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Original Research; Pairwise comparison; Theory of Computation; Weighting methods; United States; Decision support systems; Analytical hierarchy process multi-criteria decision-making; Pairwise comparison; Weighting methods; Consistency

The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a reliable, rigorous, and robust method for eliciting and quantifying subjective judgments in multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM). Despite the many benefits, the complications of the pairwise comparison process and the limitations of consistency in AHP are...