Construction and Use of the ANP Decision Model Taking into Account the Experts' Competence

The Analytic Network Process (ANP) is a subject of interest of the authors, which is included into methods of multi-criteria decision-making approach. The article covers the issue of supporting decisions involving experts. A network model structure was proposed, where the assessment of the decision variants on the set of criteria depends not only on the experts opinion, but also on the level of their competence. The possibility of taking into account the preferences for the criteria set by: a decision maker, experts or beneficiaries representing the decision-making options was also considered. The models performance was verified on the example of employee assessment. The results of the experiment have confirmed that the decision model developed can be formally represented in the computer decision support systems and delivered to the users in the form of a ready-made proposal (pattern).

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