| Author: | Roper-Lowe, G. C. Sharp, J. A. |
| Title: | The analytic hierarchy process and its application to an information technology decision. |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society
1990 : JAN, VOL. 41:1, p. 49-59 |
| Index terms: | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SYSTEMS DECISION MAKING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Decisions concerning the selection of computer systems might be appropriate applications of the analytical hierarchy process. Structuring as a hierarchy is a useful aid to understanding problems. Another advantage to using the method is that it provides documentation about how and why a particular decision is taken. Weighing of attributes and scoring of options lead to useful data about people's concerns and preferences. Some difficulties arise, however, when comparing the importance of a tangible factor with intangible attributes. Also, it is difficult to interpret the options' final scores because of their unknown statistical significance, uncertainty about how decision-makers use the scales and because the process does not yield a unique solution. |
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