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The '''Analytic Hierarchy Process''' (AHP) is a structured technique for organizing and analyzing complex decisions, based on mathematics and psychology. It was developed by Thomas L. Saaty in the 1970s. | |||
AHP utilizes individual experts’ experiences to estimate the relative importance of factors through pair-wise comparisons. Each respondent compares the relative importance of each pair of items using a specially designed questionnaire. | |||
==Step 1: Model the problem as a hierarchy== | |||
Participants explore the aspects of the problem from general to detailed and express it in a multileveled way. As they work to build the hierarchy, they increase their understanding of the problem, of its context, and of each other's thoughts and feelings about both. | |||
==Assigning Priorities== | ==Assigning Priorities== | ||