Application Of Analytic Hierarchy Process Research Articles

Método multicritério de tomada de decisão: aplicação ao caso da localização espacial de uma Unidade de Pronto Atendimento – UPA 24 h

Este trabalho apresenta os resultados da aplicação de um método multicritério de tomada de decisão - Analytic Hierarchy Process- AHP, visando identificar o melhor local de instalação de uma Unidade de Pronto Atendimento – UPA 24 h, com a participação de profissionais ligados à gestão pública de um município do interior do Estado de São Paulo. Para a consecução da pesquisa, houve a condução de reuniões junto aos participantes no intuito de 1) apresentar o método AHP; 2) construir conjuntamente com os membros do grupo os critérios, subcritérios e identificar as alternativas de localização; 3) validar o modelo gerado; e 4) aplicar os questionários para obtenção do ranqueamento das alternativas de localização. A aplicação do método AHP permitiu hierarquizar os locais candidatos, apresentando o “Local 1” como o mais bem ranqueado, servindo de subsídio para o gestor municipal tomar a decisão para a instalação da UPA 24 h.

An Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process for Ranking Factors Affecting of Thai Natural Rubber Ribbed Smoked Sheets No.3 (RSS3) Price

The objectives of this research are to determine criteria and order of magnitude of the criteria affecting natural rubber prices of Thailand emphasizing on rubber ribbed smoked sheets No.3 prices (RSS3). The study began with the interview on the situation of natural rubber prices with the people from government, public, agricultural, and financial sectors who were relevant to Thailand rubber industry. The researcher asked for their suggestions on the significance of criteria affecting RSS3 prices. Questionnaire was used to verify the criteria. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was the instrument for sorting an order of magnitude of the criteria affecting RSS3 prices. Results indicated that there were 7 main criteria which affected RSS3 prices i.e. quantity of natural rubber, demand for natural rubber, currency exchange rate, crude oil price, world economic situation, Thailand’ situation, and advanced market speculation. The results reflected the criteria affecting the movement of RSS3 prices which were beneficial for predicting the tendency of RSS3 prices.

DETERMINATION OF THE MOST APPROPRIATE POLICY FOR RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The Parliament of the Salgado River provided actions and recommendations for the future of the Salgado River Basin which is in the south of Ceara State, Brazil. These recommendations were obtained through a democratic process, with the involvement of around 100 participants from private companies, public organizations and the third sector. The intention was to define a model that is compatible with the aspirations of society regarding the use and quality of the water, as well as define necessary decision actions and strategies. The main goal of this article is to determine, with a multi-criteria decision analysis, an appropriate policy for the river basin management. Therefore, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied. The criteria are a combination of economic, environmental, and social issues; the alternatives were defined as essentially preservationist policy, sustainable policy, and essentially economic policy. The AHP application was effective in this decision analysis.</span></p><div><div><div id="_com_2" class="msocomtxt"><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--></div><!--[endif]--></div></div><div id="_mcePaste" class="mcePaste" style="left: -10000px; top: 16px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute;"> </div>

PRIORITIZING HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT USING ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) – A CASE STUDY OF NEPAL

<p>Nepal possesses huge hydropower potential but lacks experience, funding and political stability which are critical to development. Different national strategies have been proposed in the past ranging from promoting small scale hydro that provides local to regional economic incentives to the recommendation of large schemes to enhance national objectives. This paper analyses the last few decades of hydropower development in Nepal and proposes a multi-criterion approach, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), to identify projects considering social and environmental concerns in addition to economic objectives. A multi-perspective look at prioritizing hydropower schemes namely micro (below 1 MW), small (from 1-25 MW), medium (from 25-100 MW), big (from 100-1000 MW) and large (greater than 1000 MW) is important in order for hydropower development to proceed in the best possible way. This perspective could be of use in strengthening hydropower related strategy and policy in Nepal.</p><p> </p><p>The prioritization procedure is embedded into a multi-objective framework including six goals, namely a technical goal measured by four criteria, a social goal with five criteria, an economic goal with six criteria, an environmental goal with 4 criteria, a political goal characterised by 4 criteria and an additional goal referring to the various uncertainties, expressed by five criteria. Evidence based subjective value judgment based on secondary sources, mainly related documents and experts consultations, is used for the prioritization approach. This research could help policy makers to maximize the benefit to the country by adopting appropriate policies and strategies. </p><p> </p><p>The effectiveness of multi criteria evaluation techniques and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for hydropower prioritization is the focus of this research. The outcome of the paper is the secondary information based on the AHP application for hydropower scale of schemes prioritization.</p><p> </p><p>This paper is presented in six sections. The first section is the introduction focusing on the country context and MCDA in hydropower. The second section discusses the problem definition, and the third section describes objectives and tasks. Similarly, the fourth section details the applied methodology, and the fifth section describes the results and discussion. Finally, the sixth section presents conclusions and recommendations of the research work. </p>

Ranking of Manufacturing Attributes Affecting Bread Quality: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process

Bread is considered as a prime item of cereal intake globally. Due to the rising public health concerns and their dietary needs, importance of identifying the factors in bread making, and taking necessary action plans can hardly be overemphasized. Moreover, to be competitive in business it is crucial for any bread maker to address the manufacturing factors or attributes to reduce the rejection level due to poor quality. This study makes an attempt to identify those attributes and rank them through application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The questionnaire is prepared to judge the ranking of initially identified five prime attributes such as ingredient quality, processing time and procedure, environment and workers’ skill. The responses by the manager, supervisor, line leader and quality control inspector on pair-wise comparison scale are collected and analyzed by using Expert Choice software along with the verification of inconsistency value. According to the results, quality of ingredient is ranked first followed by the processing time of the bread, production procedure, worker’s skill, and production environment. Since the inconsistency level is found to be below the threshold value, policies can be adopted safely in accordance with the ranking of factors to uphold the quality of bread and reduce the rejection level.

AHP를 이용한 고령친화제품 유망기술의 우선순위 설정에 관한 연구

The purpose of this paper is an application of AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) in the priority setting of promising technology in division of senior friendly product based on the previous studies. In this paper, the decision criteria for evaluating promising technologies in division of senior friendly product are identified and the hierarchical structure of decision making process is developed systematically. Subsequently the values of weights for relative importance among decision criteria are derived using AHP methodology, and the score of importance of promising technology in division of senior friendly product with respect to each criterion is evaluated. Finally the score of each promising technology in division of senior friendly product is quantified in order to prioritize them. We discuss implications of our results with a viewpoint of technology policy in division of senior friendly product.

A prioritization model for locating relief logistic centers using analytic hierarchy process with interval comparison matrix

When natural disasters happen, relief logistic centers (RLCs) and the quality of their services become absolutely important. In other words, choosing proper locations for RLCs has a direct impact on operating costs and timeliness of responses to the rising demands. This paper aims at proposing a decision support system for prioritizing RLC’s locations to facilitate providing emergency helps when natural disasters occur. The present study, focuses on considering availability, risk, technical issues, cost and coverage in locating RLCs. It is assumed that applying analytic hierarchy process (AHP) can facilitate the problem of locating these centers. The most important step in this process is establishing pair-wise comparisons for the criteria and alternatives. As it is more logical to use interval comparisons instead of crisp ones in real-world problems due to some considerations, this paper has used two decision-making methods known as lexicographic goal programming (LGP) and two-step logarithmic goal programming (TLGP) to derive priorities from pair-wise matrices. To assess the proposed method, a case study of Tehran, the capital city of Iran has also been discussed.

Assessment of Drought Risk Area in Thung Kula Rong Hai using Geographic Information System and Analytical Hierarchy Process.

Thung Kula Rong Hai has encountered a drought that affects consumptive and agricultural life of local people. In finding some ways to prevent and monitor a potential drought, the researcher studied Thung Kula Rong Hai area by applying Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to assess and identify drought risk areas. Five factors including Land use, Water body, Groundwater volume, Soil drainage, and Rainfall quantity were in this study. The results drought-prone areas in Thung Kula Rong Hai could be identified and categorized into four sub-areas high risk zone, medium risk zone, low risk zone, and insignificant risk zone. The main cause of drought is the uneven distribution of rainfall.

Identification and Ranking of the Factors Affecting Audit Quality Based on the Views of Independent Auditors and Users of Audit Services

Abstract. This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of audit quality among different beneficiary groups. It seems that each beneficiary group has a different perception of the factors affecting audit quality depending on the type and amount of its direct involvement in the audit process and the impact it would take from the results. Therefore, to identify the factors affecting audit quality based on the views of independent auditors and users of audit services, a 23-item questionnaire was distributed among a sample of 94 subjects (47 members of the auditors’ representatives and 47 members of the employers’ representatives). The items were classified into the two main dimensions of the auditing firm features and the employer’s characteristics. The results showed both groups consider both major dimensions to influence on audit quality. Then, applying Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, it was attempted to calculate the weights of indices from the perspective of both groups. The results showed each of the two groups of auditors and employers perceive the other group’s features to be more important based on audit quality. The auditors’ group attributed more weight to the employers’ features, while the employers knew audit quality to be more dependent on the auditors’ characteristics rather than on their own.

Application of analytical hierarchy process to evaluate pressures to implement green supply chain management

Adoption of environmental management practices is essential in every industry to fulfill the requirement of environmental regulations and customer demands. Globally, developed and developing countries are revising their existing environmental policies to opt for ways to sustain the environment. In this regard, all countries have started to focus on implementing environmental practices like Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) in all types of industries. Specifically for the case of India more importance has been given to industries which have a big role to play in the nation's economy. In India, mining and mineral industries like multi-national corporations (MNCs) and small & medium enterprises (SMEs) are important contributors to the nation's economy. Indian industries have initiated moves to adopt GSCM practices in their traditional activities due to added pollution from automobiles and also due to tough market competition for a green image, government regulations, pressures from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), customers' demands and media. Similar pressures have occurred in the mining and mineral industries to adopt GSCM concepts. It is practically hard to respond to all the pressures simultaneously and it is also difficult for managers to make decisions in this regard. This paper helps managers identify the primary pressure among available pressures for GSCM adoption. The objective of the study is to investigate the pressures for GSCM adoption and to rank the pressures based on experts' opinion through an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique in the mining and mineral industry context.

Application of analytical hierarchy process, frequency ratio, and certainty factor models for groundwater potential mapping using GIS

The main goal of this study was to investigate the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), frequency ratio (FR), and certainty factor (CF) models for groundwater potential mapping using geographical information system (GIS) at Varamin Plain, Tehran province, Iran. In the first step, the groundwater conditioning factors such as altitude, slope angle, slope aspect, topographic witness index, rainfall, drainage density, water table level, aquifer thickness, lithology, and distance from rivers were prepared. The groundwater yield dataset was prepared using earlier reports, and extensive field surveys. In total, 71 groundwater data with high potential yield values of ≥40 m3/h were collected and mapped in GIS. Out these, 50 (70 %) cases were randomly selected for models training, and the remaining 21 (30 %) cases were used for the validation purposes. Subsequently, groundwater potential maps were produced using AHP, FR, and CF models in ArcGIS 10.2. Finally, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for all the groundwater potential models were constructed and the areas under the curves (AUC) were computed. From the analysis, it is seen that the FR model (AUC = 77.55 %) performs better than AHP (AUC = 73.47 %) and CF (AUC = 65.08 %) models. The results of groundwater potential map can be helpful for future planning in groundwater resource management and land use planning.

Ranking of the Determinants Affecting Students’ Attitude of a Higher Education Institution: Application of AHP

With the higher education landscape getting increasingly competitive, the role of marketing has come to the surface. The current study is conducted to prioritise the determinants affecting the attitude of the students pursuing their studies in a particular business school at a private university of Bangladesh. Five criteria are considered in this regard where Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is applied to rank the chosen criteria. The results derived through Expert Choice software version 11.0 indicate that promotional activities are ranked first having a weight of about 52%; this is followed by the quality of teaching staff with around 22%. The other two criteria ‘Service provided by the business school’ and ‘Campus facilities’ are ranked third and fourth with about 12% and 11%, respectively. Co-curricular activities turn out to be of least importance having a weight of 3.4% only. Based on the results, a few marketing strategies are recommended for the policy makers to consider as they cope with the pressure of heightened competition in the market. Suggestions for some avenues of future research are also put forward.

Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process in Bridge Safety Comprehensive Evaluation

In order to appraise the safety and reliability of bridges effectively, the comprehensive evaluation model based on analytic hierarchy process was established. The weight of evaluation index was calculated by using the model, and each evaluation index was given score by experts according to actual circumstances, and, on this basis, safety level of the bridge was obtained. And, afterwards, the model was applied to an engineering example for Huangjiaba Bridge. The results show that the evaluation level of bridge safety is third-level, with serious problems existing in this practical example, and the corresponding measures are proposed, which can provide scientific reference for bridge safety management.

Application of analytic hierarchy process to choose the optimal transport mode of army logistics between Taiwan and offshore islands

In the past, although many researchers used analytic hierarchy process to various fields, few applied analytic hierarchy process to solve the military problems. In this article, an application of analytic hierarchy process to choose the optimal transportation mode in the military logistics is explored. The results show that the transportation by the Army’s warships takes priority because the self-reliant transportation provides offshore islands a good shipping service in a short transit time, on a reliable schedule and by the professional armed forces. In respect of the measuring dimensions, related literature, expert groups and offshore island military units give priority to the timing because the timing is the key to either the civilian commercial economy or the military transportation. Moreover, this article also finds that related literature, experts and basic-level military units have different perspectives on the evaluative criteria owing to their different views of economy (strategic planning), resources (military budget), hierarchies (managers, planners and demanders) and port facilities (military investments). Finally, this article also analyzed and compared the commercial logistics and the military logistics and then summarized some major differences between the commercial logistics and the military logistics. It not only provides an important basis for future academic studies on the logistics but also provides a useful reference for the logistics practices.

Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process and Vector Modulus Method in Evaluation of Water Environmental Carrying Capacity in Jiaozhou City

In this paper, the water environmental carrying capacity (WECC) was quantitatively analyzed considering the comprehensive effect of economy, society, resources, environment, and technology in Jiaozhou, Shandong province. An evaluation index system was established and applied in the evaluation of WECC in Jiaozhou from 2007 to 2011 with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and vector modulus method. The results indicated that the WECC index was at low level in the range of 0.061-0.080 with the decreasing trend firstly but then increasing trend gradually, which shows that the water resources shortage is becoming the key factor restricting the development of Jiaozhou. The results conform to the real condition of Jiaozhou and the research provides the scientific methods and suggestions for the coordinated development of social economy and water environment protection.

Supply Chain Risk Assessment Based on AHP and Fuzzy Comprehensive Assessment Mode: A Case Study of the Chemical Supply Chain

Recently, there have been frequent accidents in energy chemical industry, hence the emergency management become normalized. Risk assessment provides basis for policy makers to make decision in the cases of the uncertain information and emergency. The chemical supply chain are influenced by many risk factors. In order to make the assessment of chemical supply chain risk by combining the qualitative method with quantitative method, this paper summarizes the characteristics of the chemical supply chain, applies analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to establish risk assessment system, carries the quantitative analysis on risk factors and their weights, establishes the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model. Analysis of examples shows that in the complicated system of a variety of risks, risk assessment model that based on the AHP can realize the assessment of the individual risk and the comprehensive risk. The validity and science of the model can be verified through comparing evaluation results with actual results.

Analysis of Selection Indicators of Badminton Players by the Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process

This study aims to clarify the selection standard of potential badminton players and construct an evaluation model of badminton players. Through literature review and the Delphi Method, this study validated the selection indicators of badminton team players: body type, physical qualities, physical functions, psychological qualities, and intelligence level, including a total of 17 detailed indicators. The researcher then interviewed badminton coaches and applied Analytic Hierarchy process (AHP) to determine the importance of the indicators of potential badminton players for badminton coaches. A selection model of badminton players was constructed. The results can serve as reference for badminton coaches’ scientific and objective selection of players.

Formation of an Efficient Team by Improvising Employee Selection Process Using AHP-LP for a Software Company in India

In information technology (IT) service industry, essential task of a human resource (HR) manager is to form an efficient team involving different job roles from a pool of candidates who can satisfy business requirements. For this purpose, the HR department performs candidate recruitment and selection process. This article attempts to develop a mathematical and reliable approach using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-linear programming (LP) for building an efficient software project team by breaking the interview process of candidate selection into two parts. In the first phase, interviewers are responsible only for evaluating candidates based on different parameters. In the second phase, HR manager collates all data from the selection process and then applies proposed mathematical model to make final decision on candidate selection or rejection. The proposed application of AHP into team formation will improve the decision-making process involved in hiring when multiple interviewers assess candidates through interview. Finally, decisions are taken for finalizing team by incorporating all financial and strategic constraints using LP.

The application of analytic hierarchy process in higher-learning institutions: a literature review

Currently, there has been increasing interest in the application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in the educational sector. However, little effort has been made in reviewing its applications particularly in higher- learning institutions (HLIs). Thus, this paper attempts to systematically review and critically examine the applications of the AHP in this context covering 33 empirical and conceptual studies published in the period of 1992-2013. The studies are examined on the basis of four specific dimensions: publication year, country of origin, integrated techniques that were simultaneously applied along with AHP and also the HLI areas wherein the AHP was applied. The systematic analysis reveals that the AHP was dominantly applied in measuring quality education of HLIs, faculty member evaluation, performance measurement, strategic planning, university choice and selection of university majors.

An analysis of relationship between food safety and pesticides usages of grape growers in Manisa province

This study was carried out in Manisa which has the largest vineyard areas and grape production of Turkey. In this research, awareness of environment and pesticide using attitudes of growers and effects on food safety of pesticides were investigated. Main data of the study was collected by survey from 117 grape growers which are settled in Manisa province where sultana production is very widespread. Applying Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), for reaching quality raisin and table grape target, conventional and environment friendly pesticides preference priorities were estimated. The AHP was applied to determine conventional and environment friendly pesticides usages of grape growers related to food safety. As a conclusion, it is understood that this target could be reached with 66.8% using environment friendly pesticides.