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Python AhpAnpLib Tutorial 3-3: Calculating results

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
In this tutorial, we dive into the exciting process of calculating results for your Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. You'll learn how to use the AhpAnpLib library to import your filled-in Excel questionnaire, calculate the pairwise comparison matrices, and derive the priorities of your...

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Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials 3-2a: Eliciting Judgments using an Excel template

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to elicit judgments for your Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model using an Excel template. You'll learn how to fill in pairwise comparison matrices and direct values to capture the relative importance of criteria and alternatives. This hands-on guid...

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Python AhpAnpLib Tutorial 3-1b: Creating an AHP model in Python from an Excel AHP file

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model in Python using an existing Excel file with AHP data. We'll guide you through the process of importing the AHP structure and judgments from the Excel file into Python, allowing you to work with the mode...

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Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials 3-1a: Creating an AHP model in Python from scratch

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
We'll dive into the step-by-step process of building the AHP model in this tutorial. You'll learn how to define criteria, set up the hierarchy, and export the pairwise comparisons questionnaire template.

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Python AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 2: Installing Python AhpAnpLib library

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
Welcome to Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials! In this second episode, we will show you how to install and validate the latest version of the Python AhpAnpLib library. Follow along as we guide you through the installation process step-by-step, ensuring you have the most up-to-date tools for creating AHP/...

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Python AhpAnpLib Tuotorials 1: How to install Tools needed

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
Welcome to Python AhpAnpLib Tutorials! In this first tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing the essential tools needed on a Mac and a Windows system to work with the Python AhpAnpLib library. Learn how to set up Visual Studio Code and Python to get started with creating AHP...

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Thomas Saaty on prioritizing in a pandemic

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
Saaty in 2006 lecturing about prioritizing in a pandemic. Bird flu in 1997 and the SARS epidemic in 2002 to 2003 had awakened the world to the dangers of a pandemic, but the effects Tom talks about were little mentioned then. We're aware of them now in 2020.

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Thomas Saaty on AHP in Prediction, Projection and Forecasting

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
Thomas Saaty discusses using AHP to successfully predict presidential elections in the US since Jimmy Carter in 1980. The AHP was used to project when the US economy would turn around in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Outcomes of sporting events have been predicted by combining judgment with statistical da...

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Using Superdecisions software to run Ratings model of AHP

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Rafikul Islam
AHP Ratings model is used to implement Absolute Measurement process of AHP. This is usually used when the hierarchy involves a large number of alternatives. In this video, I have shown how to use Superdecisions software for Ratings model of AHP.

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Using Superdecisions software for a hierarchy which has both criteria and subcriteria (complete example)

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Rafikul Islam
In this video, I have discussed how to use Superdecisions soiftware to find priorities of a set of alternatives on the basis of criteria and subcriteria.

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How to perform sensitivity analysis using Superdecisions software

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Rafikul Islam
In this video, I have have shown how to use Superdecisions software to perform Sensitivity Analysis.

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Using Superdecisions software for a hierarchy with subcriteria

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Rafikul Islam
In this video, the users will know how to use Superdcisions software for an AHP hierarchy which has criteria as well as subcriteria.

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Using Superdecisions software for a simple hierrchy without subcriteria

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Rafikul Islam
This video is for the beginers who want to know how to run Superdecisions software. The AHP hierachy consists of only three levels: Goal, Criteria, and Altenatives.

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SuperDecisions Tutorial: AHP Sensitivity Analysis

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
Sensitivity analysis is used to analyze how the priorities of the alternative solutions change as we vary the priority of one or more decision making factors (criteria).

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Gross National Happiness: An AHP based Strategic Multi Criteria Analysis for Business

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Rana Pratap Singh, Ph. D., Shashi Bhattarai, Ananta Man Singh
Gross National Happiness (GNH) is a multi-criteria well-being measurement system in Bhutan. The four pillars of GNH considered are political, economic, cultural and environmental. There are nine domains and thirty three indicators of GNH, which generates the GNH Index, a holistic representation o...

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Decision Mentor

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Shashi Bhattarai - Development Dynamics, Sovit Poudel - Truneary Solutions
AHP FOR EVERYBODY: INNOVATION THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATION FOR PERSONAL DECISIONS An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) based mobile application for day to day use. Growing internet enabled information reach to individuals via smartphone has created potential for individual decision support systems....

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SHOULD THE UK HAVE BREXITED THE EUROPEAN UNION?

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty, Lirong Wei
The European Union is a great and inspired step towards economic unity and in particular financial, social, and political unity. Is it beneficial to the UK and to the world at large in the long run that the UK has broken off from the European Union in its Brexit with dissent coming from Londoners...

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Fulfillment of Life

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty, H J Zoffer, Lirong Wei
Is there a way to assess how satisfied one is with one’s life to date? How close one has come to meeting one’s personal aspirations? There has been no immediate process available whereby we can articulate what we wanted for ourselves in a wide variety of aspects or to measure how close we have co...

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The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Human Resource Allocation: Half the Story

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty
The document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 11: The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Human Resource Allocation: Half the Story. This is an expository chapter about t...

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Should the United States Legalize the Sale of Marijuana?

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty
The document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 8: Should the United States Legalize the Sale of Marijuana? "This chapter is written by Jonah Hatfield and Liza Amer...

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Modeling the Graduate Business School Admissions Process

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty
The document is from Thomas Saaty's unpublished book "New Mathematics and Measurement for the Physical, Social and Life Sciences" finished in 2004. This is chapter 7: Modeling the Graduate Business School Admissions Process. "In this chapter, we try to capture the overall decisio...

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Questionnaire of life satisfaction

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty, H. J. Zoffer, Lirong Wei
How satisfied is each of us with the fulfillment of his life? In this paper after a thorough search of the literature about satisfaction, 58 criteria and subcriteria related to satisfaction or fulfillment were identified and arranged in a hierarchic structure. A process of prioritization known as...

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SuperDecisions Software

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
The SuperDecisions software is used for decision-making with dependence and feedback. It implements the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Analytic Network Process (ANP). This software provides tools to create and manage AHP and ANP models, enter your judgments, get results and perform s...

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Peruvian Hostage Crisis

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty, Enrique Mu
MRTA Members storm Japanese embassy and take hostages. They demand release of jailed leaders and comrades. What should the government do? Can AHP help? AHP can help us understand the issues surrounding conflict resolutions but it is still up to people to make the choices!

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Meaningless number crunching

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty
Numbers need to be interpreted as to how they serve your purpose; otherwise they are meaningless. Here are some examples.

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Decision making cartoons

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
Cartoons of decision making

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AHP Cartoon in Italian

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
An illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in Italian

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AHP Cartoon in French

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation
An illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in French

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AHP Cartoon in English

Level: Beginner
Author(s): The analytic sciences corporation
An illustrated guide to the Analytic Hierarchy Process in English

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Architectural Design by the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty, Miguel H. Beltran
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is explained and applied in another article in the same journal, is used to illustrate the architectural design of a house for a family of three. The plan of the house was develop to satisfy the family's needs by considering the size of the lot, the...

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The Essentials of the Analytic Network Process with Seven Examples

Level: Beginner
Author(s): The Super Decisions Software , Thomas Saaty
Every Project should have a summary with the following figures and tables included 1. Title with brief explanation of what the problem is and why a decision is needed. 2. BOCR networks compactly shown 3. Table of the BOCR control criteria, subcriteria and their priorities 4. Table of t...

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Designing Mouse trap and Catamaran with AHP

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty
To design a new mousetrap, initial thinking centered around how today's mousetraps function and what makes them effective. Brainstorming revealed various methods of exterminating a rodent's life.

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Architectural Design by AHP

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Miguel H. Beltran, Thomas Saaty
The presentation goes with a paper published by Thomas Saaty and Miguel H. Beltran. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is explained and applied in another article in the same journal, is used to illustrate the architectural design of a house for a family of three. The plan of the house...

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Thomas Saaty on AHP in Prediction, Projection and Forecasting

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty, Creative Decisions Foundation
Thomas Saaty discusses using AHP to successfully predict presidential elections in the US since Jimmy Carter in 1980. The AHP was used to project when the US economy would turn around in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Outcomes of sporting events have been predicted by combining judgment with statistical da...

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Tom Saaty on Pandemics

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
Saaty in 2006 lecturing about prioritizing in a pandemic. Bird flu in 1997 and the SARS epidemic in 2002 to 2003 had awakened the world to the dangers of a pandemic, but the effects Tom talks about were little mentioned then. We're aware of them now in 2020.

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Rating Examples

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
This is an AHP ratings example for giving Salary Raises to Employees. The Ratings approach of AHP is used to rate employees one-at-a-time for their work performance on company criteria. Their performance scores are used to proportionately allocate the money available for salary raises among the e...

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AHP Introductory Example: School Selection

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
Thomas Saaty presents an introductory AHP example where we try to choose the best school. This is an example to help you understand how the method works.

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AHP Introductory Example: Predicting Drinks Consumption in USA

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
Thomas Saaty presents an introductory AHP example where you try to estimate the drinks consumption in USA.

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The origins of AHP

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
How to combine elements with different orders of magnitude in an AHP model? This is an example of using linking pin elements between groups of different magnitudes.

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Comparing Apples

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
Thomas Saaty compares apples by entering ratios of their sizes in an AHP pairwise comparison matrix. It leads to a valid answer and he explains that ratios are also used when comparing elements on an intangible property. It is a validation exercise. To validate a process you use it to see if give...

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What is the pairwise comparison matrix?

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
Thomas Saaty talks about the thinking that led him to develop the reciprocal pairwise comparison matrix and how it systematizes and improves the development of priorities.

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How did Thomas Saaty come up with the 1-9 AHP scale?

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
The video explored the 1-9 scale that is used in AHP and ANP.

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Thomas Saaty on Objectivity

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Creative Decisions Foundation, Thomas Saaty
When someone says be objective, what can they possibly mean? Tom Saaty offers his philosophy on objectivity, even our interpretation of numbers is subjective, depending on our purpose.

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AHP and ANP for beginners - Dependence and Feedback in Single Networks

Level: Beginner
Author(s): Thomas Saaty
This presentation is a lecture on Dependence and Feedback in Single Networks. This is for AHP and ANP beginners. It includes concepts of scales, synthesis, pairwise comparisons, linear hierarchy, and ANP involves dependence and feedback with examples.

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