Contributor: Thomas L. Saaty
Contribution: He holds the chair of University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering USA. He wrote a paper on “Decision making with the analytic hierarchy process”
Details: There are many intangibles involved in decision making which need to be traded off. In order to do that, it is important to measure and evaluate the intangibles along with the tangibles. Thomas L. Saaty, who is internationally recognized for his decision-making process, called as the AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process). It is a concept of measurement through pairwise comparisons and focuses on the opinion ...