Thomas L. Saaty/Bibliography

THIS IS A TEST.
It is a crude draft of a preliminary bibliography for the article on Thomas L. Saaty. It should include only his own works; other things about AHP belong elsewhere.

Scholarly books

The AHP Series

These books make up The AHP Series, a comprehensive series of books from RWS Publications, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Multicriteria Decision Making: The Analytic Hierarchy Process, Vol. I, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty, 502 pp., 1990 extended edition. The original theoretical and technical book containing a rigorous treatment of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Needs ISBN

• Decision Making for Leaders, ISBN 0-9620317-8-X, Vol. II, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty, 315 pp., 1999/2000 revised edition. Case studies in multicriteria decision-making using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

• The Logic of Priorities, ISBN 0-9620317-3-9, Vol. III, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty and Luis G. Vargas, 299 pp., 1991. An introduction to prioritization using the Analytic Hierarchy Process in applications such as transport projects, technology transfer, and resource allocation.

• Analytic Planning: The Organization of Systems, ISBN 0-9620317-4-7, Vol. IV, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty & Kevin P. Kearns, 208 pp., 1991. The Analytic Hierarchy Process as a methodological approach to planning. Covers complexity in systems, characteristics of systems, and how AHP can be applied in a systems framework.

• The Hierarchon: A Dictionary of Hierarchies, ISBN 0-9620317-5-5, Vol. V, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty & Ernest H. Forman, 496 pp., 1992. Needs description

• Fundamentals of Decision Making and Priority Theory with the Analytic Hierarchy Process, ISBN 0-9620317-6-3, Vol. VI, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty, 478 pp., 2000 edition revised and updated. A comprehensive summary, primarily of the author's own thinking and research, of the AHP and decision making.

• Decision Making in Economic, Social and Technological Environments, ISBN 0-9620317-7-1, Vol. VII, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty and Luis G. Vargas, 330 pp., 1994. A collection of selected applications of the AHP in economics, social and political sciences, and technological design.

Other scholarly books by Saaty

RWS is coming up with a complete list of Saaty books

• Prediction, Projection, and Forecasting, Thomas L. Saaty & Luis G. Vargas, Kluwer Academic Publ., 253 pp., 1991. The Analytic Hierarchy Process applied to prediction and forecasting in games, sports, and applications involving uncertainty and risk.
• Conflict Resolution: The Analytic Hierarchy Process, Thomas L. Saaty & Joyce M. Alexander, Praeger Publ., 252 pp., 1989. Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process in conflict resolution ranging from Northern Ireland to South Africa.
• Decision Making with Dependence and Feedback: The Analytic Network Process, ISBN 0-9620317-9-8, Thomas L. Saaty, RWS Publ., 386 pp., 1996. This book shows how to make decisions when alternatives depend on criteria, but also the criteria depend on the alternatives.
• The Brain: Unraveling the Mystery of How it Works, The Neural Network Process, T.L. Saaty, 481 pp., 1999.
• Isn't there a four color book?

Non-scholarly books

This is joke books, etc. Whatever they are, they could be cited here. Remember, this is the bibliography for the biography of Thomas L. Saaty, so it should be limited to only his works.

Papers

Do we want to list any papers in this bibliography? If so, we need to decide on a format, and on which papers to list. We need a sample in Wikipedia-preferred format, and maybe in some other formats as well.

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Notes about this draft

These are NOT part of the bibliography itself.

Looking for the best format for this bibliography

Here we are trying to determine the best format for citing Saaty's books on this site. Maybe the book we chose for the examples isn't the best one, though--it is from 1991 and may even be out of print.

Amazon.com has a photo of the cover, showing different authors, a long title, mention of the series, etc. See it HERE.

The present Wikipedia bibliography in the Saaty article shows this. Seems like it refers to a totally different book. Maybe it has the wrong ISBN. Not the "annotation," describing what is in the book. We might want to do this in the Citizendium bibliography:

• The Logic of Priorities, ISBN 0-9620317-3-9, Vol. III, AHP Series, Thomas L. Saaty and Luis G. Vargas, RWS Publ., 299 pp., 1991. This book is an introduction to prioritization using the Analytic Hierarchy Process in applications such as transport projects, technology transfer, and resource allocation.

Below are shown "started from scratch" citation examples for the same ISBN, cited in different formats using various tools. The tools aren't necessarily consistent. Authors vary. Titles vary, and might not include the longest version, which is probably what we want to show. Exact name of the publisher varies.

Vargas, Luis G.; Saaty, Thomas L.; Kearns, Kevin Corrigan (1991). Analytical planning: the organization of systems. Pittsburgh, PA: RWS. ISBN 0-9620317-3-9.  -- From Template Builder

Saaty, Thomas (1991). Analytical Planning. Pittsburgh: RWS. ISBN 0962031739.  -- From OttoBib in WP format

(Complete WP format is HERE)

Saaty, Thomas et.al. Analytical Planning. Pittsburgh: RWS, 1991. -- From OttoBib in MLA format

Saaty, T., Kearns, K., & Vargas, L. (1991). Analytical Planning. Pittsburgh: RWS. -- From OttoBib in APA format

Saaty, Thomas et.al. Analytical Planning. Pittsburgh: RWS, 1991. -- From OttoBib in Chicago/Turabian format

This is what OttoBib gives for BibTeX format:

@Book{saaty1991,

author = 'Saaty, Thomas',
title = 'Analytical Planning',
publisher = 'RWS',
year = '1991',
address = 'Pittsburgh',
isbn = '0962031739'
}

Citation tester

Details of the Wikipedia Cite Books template are HERE. It looks pretty good, and seems to include all the proper fields. Doesn't include the number of pages. Some of the items don't show up on Citizendium.

Here is a sample citation using the Wikipedia template. Edit this section to see the template and the entries that produced this listing. :

Sander, Louis; Carl Jung, Mickey Mouse [July 1989] (January 2007). Edward Itter: Lou Sander's Tips & Tricks for Commodore Computers, Improved Edition. Pittsburgh: RWS Publications. ISBN 0-8306-3192-5. Retrieved on 2007-09-05. “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.”