THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY & THE ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESSES IN MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

changing technological environment. Decision making models are helping tools for the managers or decisionmakers to make future plans by using qualitative or quantitative data. In this research; a general idea aboutdecision making models and, comparison between the two important models, Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) and Analytical Network Process (ANP), are introduced. The research was done by using the informationin the literature and expert judgment. This paper can be used by academics as a foundation for further researchand development in the area of decision making models. Managers can use this paper for choosing the rightdecision making method in a variety of constraints, such as time, budget, human resources etc. Also it can beused for further development in establishing standard operational decision making procedures in crisissituations.