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# Establish priorities for the elements of the hierarchy. | # Establish priorities for the elements of the hierarchy. | ||
# Investigate the logical consistency of the priorities established in step 2. | # Investigate the logical consistency of the priorities established in step 2. | ||
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==More about Hierarchies== | ==More about Hierarchies== | ||
Chapter 3 of the book ''Decision Making for Leaders''<ref name='DMFL'>{{cite book | last = Saaty | first = Thomas L. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Decision Making for Leaders: The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World | publisher = RWS Publications | date = 1999-05-01 | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | pages = | url = http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Making-Leaders-Hierarchy-Decisions/dp/096203178X/ref=sr_1_1/105-2850894-2453264?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191602292&sr=1-1 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-9620317-8-X }}</ref> includes further information on Analyzing and Structuring Hierarchies in AHP. The chapter's key points are: | |||
*In an AHP hierarchy, complex problems are split into their component parts according to their essential relationships. | *In an AHP hierarchy, complex problems are split into their component parts according to their essential relationships. | ||
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*When the elements of a level cannot be easily compared, a new level with finer distinctions should be created. | *When the elements of a level cannot be easily compared, a new level with finer distinctions should be created. | ||
*Hierarchies can be altered during the course of the process. | *Hierarchies can be altered during the course of the process. | ||
Chapter 4 of the same book includes 32 examples of hierarchies that have been used with the Analytic Hierarchy Process. They include hierarchies for business decisions, personal and domestic decisions, public policy decisions, planning economic policies, estimating and predicting, and measuring influences. | |||
Include material from these sources: | Include material from these sources: | ||
*Practical Examples of Hierarchies, DMFL Chapter 4, p. 37 | *Practical Examples of Hierarchies, DMFL Chapter 4, p. 37 | ||
*A book full of hierarchies, Hierarchon<ref>{{cite book | last = Saaty | first = Thomas L. | authorlink = Thomas Saaty | coauthors = | title = The Hierarchon: A Dictionary of Hierarchies | publisher = RWS Publications | date = 1992-06-01 | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | pages = | url = http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0962031755 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0962031755 }}</ref> | *A book full of hierarchies, Hierarchon<ref>{{cite book | last = Saaty | first = Thomas L. | authorlink = Thomas Saaty | coauthors = | title = The Hierarchon: A Dictionary of Hierarchies | publisher = RWS Publications | date = 1992-06-01 | location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | pages = | url = http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0962031755 | doi = | id = | isbn = 0962031755 }}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:15, 6 October 2007
Other steps
- Establish priorities for the elements of the hierarchy.
- Investigate the logical consistency of the priorities established in step 2.
More about Hierarchies
Chapter 3 of the book Decision Making for Leaders[1] includes further information on Analyzing and Structuring Hierarchies in AHP. The chapter's key points are:
- In an AHP hierarchy, complex problems are split into their component parts according to their essential relationships.
- The top level of the hierarchy has only one element—the goal. The other levels usually contain between five and nine elements each.
- There is no limit to the number of levels.
- When the elements of a level cannot be easily compared, a new level with finer distinctions should be created.
- Hierarchies can be altered during the course of the process.
Chapter 4 of the same book includes 32 examples of hierarchies that have been used with the Analytic Hierarchy Process. They include hierarchies for business decisions, personal and domestic decisions, public policy decisions, planning economic policies, estimating and predicting, and measuring influences.
Include material from these sources:
- Practical Examples of Hierarchies, DMFL Chapter 4, p. 37
- A book full of hierarchies, Hierarchon[2]
References
- ↑ Saaty, Thomas L. (1999-05-01). Decision Making for Leaders: The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: RWS Publications. ISBN 0-9620317-8-X.
- ↑ Saaty, Thomas L. (1992-06-01). The Hierarchon: A Dictionary of Hierarchies. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: RWS Publications. ISBN 0962031755.