| Article ID: | iaor19921052 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 9 |
| End Page Number: | 26 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1990 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Saaty Thomas L. |
| Keywords: | analytic hierarchy process |
This paper serves as an introduction to the Analytic Hierarchy Process-A multicriteria decision making approach in which factors are arranged in a hierarchic structure. The principles and the philosophy of the theory are summarized giving general background information of the type of measurement utilized, its properties and applications.