Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Categorized, Annotated Bibliography

Since its introduction in the mid 1970s, the Analytic Hierarchy Process has been applied to many types of decision problems. In this paper, we identify more than 150 published papers that use the AHP to model diverse problems and we categorize each paper according to 29 application areas that range from conflict analysis to urban planning. In addition, we classify papers that combine the AHP with some traditional operations research techniques (e.g., linear programming) to analyze alternatives. Finally, in order to convey both the practicality and impact of this technique, we annotate 17 papers that either model important, real-world problems or apply the AHP in an interesting or unusual setting.

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[3]  David L. Olson.  Topics in theory of the analytic hierarchy process: Opportunities and limitations of AHP in multiobjective programming , 1988 .

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[12]  Ami Arbel.  Venturing into new technological markets , 1987 .

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[14]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  High-Level Nuclear Waste Management: Analysis of Options , 1982 .

[15]  Ami Arbel,et al.  Designing a multi-micro distributed accounting information system , 1985 .

[16]  Abdolhamid Gholamnezhad,et al.  Critical Choices for OPEC Members and the United States , 1981 .

[17]  Nick Bahmani,et al.  Consumer preference and reactive adaptation to a corporate solution of the over-the-counter medication dilemma—an analytic hierarchy process analysis , 1987 .

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[26]  Amnon Rapoport,et al.  Proportional representation: An empirical evaluation of single-stage, non-ranked voting procedures , 1988 .

[27]  Albert E. Steenge.  Saaty's consistency analysis: An application to problems in static and dynamic input-output models , 1986 .

[28]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Absolute and relative measurement with the AHP. The most livable cities in the United States , 1986 .

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[36]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  A new macroeconomic forecasting and policy evaluation method using the analytic hierarchy process , 1987 .

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[41]  Manfred Grauer,et al.  Interactive Decision Analysis , 1984 .

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[50]  Madan L. Puri,et al.  A note on predictingthe results of chess championship matches , 1981 .

[51]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Stability analysis of the forward-backward process: Northern Ireland case study , 1977 .

[52]  Abraham Seidmann,et al.  A two-phase analytic approach to robotic system design , 1984 .

[53]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Impact of Disarmament Nuclear Package Reductions , 1984 .

[54]  George Rabinowitz,et al.  Some Comments on Measuring World Influence , 1976 .

[55]  E. Barbeau.  Perron's Result and a Decision on Admissions Tests , 1986 .

[56]  Ernest H. Forman.  Sensitivity investigation for a decision analysis of the strategic defense initiative (starwars) , 1987 .

[57]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Higher education in the united states (1985–2000): Scenario construction using a hierarchical framework with eigenvector weighting , 1976 .

[58]  R. Vachnadze,et al.  Some applications of the analytic hierarchy process , 1987 .

[59]  Luis G. Vargas.  Prediction and the analytic hierarchy process , 1983 .

[60]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Portfolio selection through hierarchies* , 1980 .

[61]  P. Korhonen.  The specification of a reference direction using the analytic hierarchy process , 1987 .

[62]  Yoram Wind,et al.  International Portfolio Analysis and Strategy: The Challenge of the 80s , 1981 .

[63]  F. A. Lootsma,et al.  Multi-criteria decision analysis as an aid to the strategic planning of energy R & D , 1986 .

[64]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Financial and intangible factors in fleet lease or buy decision , 1981 .

[65]  Luis G. Vargas,et al.  The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Multicriterion Decision Making , 1982 .

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[70]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  The forward and backward processes of conflict analysis , 1977 .

[71]  Abraham Seidmann,et al.  Microcomputer selection process for organizational information management , 1984, Inf. Manag..

[72]  Thomas L. Saaty.  Exploring optimization through hierarchies and ratio scales , 1986 .

[73]  Ami Arbel,et al.  A systematic approach for selecting pumping technology: Ultrahigh vacuum application , 1987 .

[74]  T. L. Saaty.  The Sudan Transport Study , 1977 .

[75]  Robert E. Jensen,et al.  REPORTING OF MANAGEMENT FORECASTS: AN EIGENVECTOR MODEL FOR ELICITATION AND REVIEW OF FORECASTS , 1982 .

[76]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Estimating technological coefficients by the analytic hierarchy process , 1979 .

[77]  T. Saaty,et al.  Projecting average family size in rural India by the analytic hierarchy process. , 1983, The Journal of mathematical sociology.

[78]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Optimum Determination of Hospital Requirements , 1982 .

[79]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Technological choice in the less developed countries: An analytic hierarchy approach , 1981 .

[80]  Robert E. Jensen,et al.  Scenario probability scaling: an eigenvector analysis of elicited scenario odds ratios , 1981 .

[81]  Robert E. Jensen,et al.  International investment risk analysis: extensions for multinational corporation capital budgeting models , 1987 .

[82]  Ami Arbel,et al.  Capacity planning, benchmarking and evaluation of small computer systems , 1985 .

[83]  Ami Arbel,et al.  A decision framework for evaluating vacuum pumping technology , 1986 .

[84]  Warren R. Hughes,et al.  Deriving utilities using the analytic hierarchy process , 1986 .

[85]  Ami Arbel,et al.  U.S. Pressure on Israel , 1985 .

[86]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Thinking With Models , 1981 .

[87]  Luis G. Vargas.  Prospects for the Middle East: Is a peaceful settlement attainable? , 1983 .

[88]  E. N. Weiss.  Using the analytic hierarchy process in a dynamic environment , 1987 .

[89]  Amnon Rapoport,et al.  Microcosms and macrocosms: Seat allocation in proportional representation systems , 1988 .

[90]  C. Hwang.  Multiple Objective Decision Making - Methods and Applications: A State-of-the-Art Survey , 1979 .

[91]  Yacov Y. Haimes,et al.  Integration of the surrogate worth trade-off method and the analytic hierarchy process , 1986 .

[92]  Lothar Collatz,et al.  Konstruktive Methoden der finiten nichtlinearen Optimierung , 1980 .

[93]  Gloria A. Grizzle,et al.  Priority-Setting Methods for Plural Policymaking Bodies , 1985 .

[94]  Robert E. Jensen,et al.  Scaling of corporate multivariate performance criteria subjective composition versus the analytic hierarchy process , 1982 .

[95]  Wes Gerrish.  Pain in creative writing: Quick relief using the analytic hierarchy process , 1983 .

[96]  T. Saaty,et al.  The Analytic Hierarchy Process , 1985 .

[97]  T. L. Saaty.  A Scaling Method for Priorities in Hierarchical Structures , 1977 .

[98]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Hierarchical analysis of behavior in competition: Prediction in chess , 1980 .

[99]  E L Hannan,et al.  A priority assignment model for standards and conditions in a long term care survey. , 1981, Socio-economic planning sciences.

[100]  M. J. D. Powell,et al.  Nonlinear optimization, 1981 , 1982 .

[101]  Robert E. Jensen,et al.  Matrix scaling of subjective probabilities of economic forecasts , 1986 .

[102]  Edward L. Hannan,et al.  An eigenvalue method for evaluating contestants , 1983, Comput. Oper. Res..

[103]  Thomas L. and Beltran Miguel H. Saaty,et al.  Architectural Design by the Analytic Hierarchy Process , 1980 .

[104]  Manoochehr Toshtzar,et al.  Multi-criteria decision making approach to computer software evaluation: Application of the analytical hierarchy process , 1988 .

[105]  Ian I. Mitroff,et al.  Assumptional Analysis: A Methodology for Strategic Problem Solving , 1979 .

[106]  Boris Odynocki.  The forward and backward processes in health policy planning , 1983 .

[107]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Applications of the analytic hierarchy process to long range planning processes , 1982 .

[108]  K. H. Mitchell,et al.  Maximizing The Benefits Of Canadian Forces Equipment Overhaul Programs Using Multi Objective Optimization , 1986 .

[109]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Scenarios and priorities in transport planning: Application to the Sudan , 1977 .

[110]  Luis G. Vargas,et al.  The theory of ratio scale estimation: Saaty's analytic hierarchy process , 1987 .

[111]  Thomas L. Saaty.  Conflict Resolution and the Falkland Islands Invasions , 1983 .

[112]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  The Logic of Priorities: Applications in Business Energy, Health, and Transportation , 1981 .

[113]  A. E. Gear,et al.  Group Decision Making and Multiple Criteria — A Documented Application , 1981 .

[114]  Ari P. J. Vepsalainen,et al.  Assessing technology portfolios for contract competition: An analytic hierarchy process approach , 1986 .

[115]  Yaohan Chu.  Architecture decision support systems and knowledge-based systems special topics , 1986 .

[116]  A. G. Lockett,et al.  A unified approach to the acquisition of subjective data in R&D , 1982, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

[117]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Marketing Applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process , 1980 .

[118]  Ernest H. Forman.  RELATIVE VS ABSOLUTE WORTH , 1987 .

[119]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  A Measure of World Influence , 1976 .

[120]  Ami Arbel,et al.  A university budget problem: a priority-based approach , 1983 .

[121]  Nick Bahmani,et al.  Using the analytic hierarchy process to select investment in a heterogenous environment , 1987 .

[122]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  The Logic of Priorities , 1982 .

[123]  Bruce L. Golden,et al.  Ranking Outstanding Sports Records , 1987 .

[124]  J. Algie,et al.  Financial Cutback Decisions By Priority Scaling , 1983 .

[125]  B Liu,et al.  Development of the theory and methodology of the analytic hierarchy process and its applications in China , 1987 .

[126]  A. E. Steenge.  Consistency and composite numeraires in joint production input-output analysis; an application of ideas of T.L. Saaty , 1987 .

[127]  Thomas Cook,et al.  An Urban Allocation Model Combining Time Series and Analytic Hierarchical Methods , 1984 .

[128]  K. Peniwati,et al.  Ranking countries according to economic, social and political indicators☆ , 1987 .

[129]  J. A. Sharp.  Haulier Selection—An Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process , 1987 .

[130]  C. R. Johnson,et al.  PRIORITIZATION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS , 1980 .

[131]  Saul I. Gass.  A Process for Determining Priorities and Weights for Large-Scale Linear Goal Programmes , 1986 .

[132]  M. Venkataramanan,et al.  A technique using analytical hierarchy process in multiobjective planning models , 1986 .

[133]  Thomas L. Saaty,et al.  Forecasting foreign exchange rates: an expert judgment approach , 1987 .

[134]  A. H. Gholamnezhad.  A new model in the energy policy planning , 1983 .

[135]  T. Saaty,et al.  The Conflict in South Africa: Directed or Chaotic , 1980 .

[136]  Robert E. Jensen,et al.  COMPARISON OF CONSENSUS METHODS FOR PRIORITY RANKING PROBLEMS , 1986 .

[137]  F. A. Lootsma,et al.  MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO AID BUDGET ALLOCATION , 1984 .

[138]  S. Ward,et al.  Analytical Planning — The Organisation of Systems , 1987 .

[139]  E J Lusk,et al.  Analysis of Hospital Capital Decision Alternatives: A Priority Assignment Model , 1979, The Journal of the Operational Research Society.

[140]  T. Saaty.  Risk-Its Priority and Probability: The Analytic Hierarchy Process , 1987 .

[141]  G. Grizzle,et al.  Pay for performance: can the analytic hierarchy process hasten the day in the public sector? , 1987 .

[142]  F. M. Hussein,et al.  Site Selection of a Dual Purpose Nuclear Power Plant in Saudi Arabia , 1987 .

[143]  Kenneth H. Mitchell,et al.  Measuring the intangibles in social decisions: Assessing benefits and costs of energy policy options , 1983 .

[144]  Luis G. Vargas,et al.  XYZ Research Institute: Planning Resource Allocation under Uncertainty , 1982 .

[145]  F. Lootsma.  Saaty's priority theory and the nomination of a senior professor in operations Research , 1980 .

[146]  Abraham Seidmann,et al.  Selecting a microcomputer for process control and data acquisition , 1984 .

[147]  Glenn E. Hachadorian.  Hierarchical determination of the risk of forced divestment to foreign owned enterprises in LDC's , 1987 .