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Fundamentals of Decision Making and Priority Theory With the Analytic Hierarchy Process (Analytic Hierarchy Process Series, Vol. 6)

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If you want to really get deep into the fundamentals of the AHP - such as, for example, understanding the mathematical foundations for the use of the eigenvector method for arriving at priorities, this is the best book for you. For example, Saaty provides proof of why the eigenvector method is the only one that guarantees the so-called order-preserving property.

If you want the method presented in a ready-to-apply form, or applications or case studies that are useful for and readable by nonmathematical folks, look elsewhere. This book does not pretend to do any of that. Unfortunately some of the math is not very well elucidated so you will have to "fill in the blanks" yourself. An example is the presentation of the Compatibility Index which seems rather hurried. Saaty refers you for more details to his ANP book but I thought that was not a substitute for a better explanation.

What disappointed me was the formatting of the book. Looks almost like RWS publishers needs a better word processor. For example, at a few places the subtitle is the same font as the following text, which is rather amateurish to say the least. Some subtitles are underlined (!). The figures might have looked better drawn by hand.

Overall the only book you will purchase if you need to get to the bottom of it, and an inappropriate book if you want a prescriptive text that gets you to the task quickly.

a good book to learn AHP, but the explanation is not very clear, not very easy to understand.

i am using mathematical support in reference on my own modeling thesis. It provides exactly the mathematical depth I need to complete my thesis.
Well done.

Dr. Saaty has obtained a really great work. The Analytic Hierarchy Process is powerful in decision analysis to choose the best choices. The book describes in a detailed way all mathematic theory involved in his AHP method, demostrating that the best methods and consequently all techniques developed after method not necessary imply the most complicated theories and analysis. AHP is simple, easy to use, and its implications in the use of the state of the art inside the organizations give as result the best decision support tool: computer-aided decision-making and analysis (Expert-Choice and AliahTHINK)