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What is the Analytic Hierarchy Process?

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Mathematical Models for Decision Support

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 48))

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In our everyday life, we must constantly make choices concerning what tasks to do or not to do, when to do them, and whether to do them at all.

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  1. Blumenthal, A.L., The Process of Cognition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1977.

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Saaty, T.L. (1988). What is the Analytic Hierarchy Process?. In: Mitra, G., Greenberg, H.J., Lootsma, F.A., Rijkaert, M.J., Zimmermann, H.J. (eds) Mathematical Models for Decision Support. NATO ASI Series, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83555-1_5

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