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The decision procedures applied in MCDM (Multicriteria Decision Making) are the most suitable in coping with problems involved by social choices, which have to satisfy a high number of criteria. In such a framework an important role is played by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (A.H.P., for short), a procedure developed by T.L. Saaty at the end of the 70s [14], [15], [16], and widely used by governments and companies in fixing their strategies [10], [16], [19]. The A.H.P. shows how to use judgement and experience to analyze a complex decision problem by combining both qualitative and quantitative aspects in a single framework and generating a set of priorities for alternatives.
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D’Apuzzo, L., Marcarelli, G., Squillante, M. (2009). Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Rankings in Multicriteria Decision Making. In: Faggini, M., Lux, T. (eds) Coping with the Complexity of Economics. New Economic Windows. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1083-3_10
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