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The Logic of Priorities

Applications of Business, Energy, Health and Transportation

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  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. Thomas L. Saaty

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. Luis G. Vargas
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prioritization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 3-13

    3. The Basic Approach

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 14-41

  3. Applications of Prioritization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. The Sudan Transport Study

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 45-65

    3. Technological Choice in Less Developed Countries

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 66-82

    4. XYZ Research Institute: Planning Resource Allocation under Uncertainty

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 83-98

  4. Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Planning: Forward and Backward Processes

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 101-117

    3. The Conflict in South Africa

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 118-138

    4. Critical Choices for Opec Members and the United States: A Hierarchical Search for Their Desired Future

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 139-161

  5. Resource Allocation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Optimum Determination of Hospital Requirements

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 165-181

    3. Rationing Energy to Industries: Priorities and Input-Output Dependence

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 182-192

  6. Prediction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Oil Prices: 1985 and 1990

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 195-206

    3. Hierarchical Analysis of Behavior in Competition: Prediction in Chess

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 207-226

    4. Risk and Uncertainty in Portfolio Selection

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 227-263

    5. Some Extensions in Applications and Theory

      • Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas
      Pages 264-278
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About this book

This book presents applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process developed by Thomas L. Saaty to deal with unstructured decision problems, together with case histories developed by him and in collaboration with others in areas of current societal concern. Its purpose is to provide the reader with examples of how to deal with unstructured problems, particularly ones involving socio­ economic and political issues with qualitative and intangible factors. These examples show how to use judgment and experience to analyze a com­ plex decision problem by combining its qualitative and quantitative aspects in a single framework and generating a set of priorities for alternative courses of action. The process has inherent flexibilities in structuring a problem and in taking diverse judgments from people, whether singly, in a group working together, or by questionnaire. Decisionmakers will profit from this approach. It makes accessible to them a framework for understanding the complexity of the system they are in as it impinges on the surrounding environment. To deal with complexity, we must first understand it. Systems thinking is necessary if all the important factors are to be considered. Complex systems problems can challenge and tax our logical capability to fully understand their causes and the consequences of any action we may take to solve them. Neverthe­ less, in time their effects on us tend to become better known than their causes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Thomas L. Saaty

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Logic of Priorities

  • Book Subtitle: Applications of Business, Energy, Health and Transportation

  • Authors: Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas

  • Series Title: International Series in Management Science Operations Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3383-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-078-1Published: 31 December 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3383-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 299

  • Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory

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