Many researchers have long observed some cases in which certain ranking irregularities
can occur when the original analytic hierarchy process (AHP), or some of its variants, are …

Within the framework of the AHP as it applies to multicriteria decisions, it is frequently the
case that decision makers are certain about the rank order of the objects for a particular …

During the last few decades, several multi‐criteria decision analysis methods have been
proposed to help in selecting the best compromise alternatives. Among them, analytic …

We define a wash criterion as one where the decision-maker is indifferent among the
alternatives when they are compared on that criterion. In view of the Belton–Gear example …

The paper by Barzilai and Lootsma (1997) is based on a variant of the analytic hierarchy
process (AHP) developed by the second author in Lootsma (1993). My comments on their …

In the last twenty years many features of Saaty's Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) have
been criticised, especially the additive hierarchical composition of conventional AHP, which …

Two related streams of criticism of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) have not yet been
satisfactorily resolved, although both date from the early 1980s. The first relates to ambiguity …

In this paper we apply multiattribute value theory as a framework for examining the use of
pairwise comparisons in the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). On one hand our analysis …

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is flawed as a procedure for ranking alternatives in
that the rankings produced by this procedure are arbitrary. This paper provides a brief …

This paper provides a sensitivity analysis of the judgements used in the Analytic Hierarchy
Process (AHP) in relation to the rank reversal produced in two different situations: the …