Presents a multicriteria approach to the ABC classification problem in inventory control. The proposed method, based on Saaty′s Analytic Hierarchy Process, rates items on both qualitative and quantitative criteria. Demonstrates the model through an example, using real data from the maintenance...

Examines business books from the point of view of managerial readers, listing the desirable elements of “bestsellers” and suggesting ways of making their reading worthwhile, including a hierarchy of learning. Goes on to critique bestsellers, discussing a range of aspects from their...

Presents an application of analytic hierarchic process (AHP) for evaluating the sources of supply in a materials management situation. Evaluation of alternative sources is an unstructured decision problem involving multiple factors and attributes generic at different levels. In order to...

Ziel des Lehrbuches ist es, dem Leser einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Verfahren zur Vorbereitung mehrkriteriell abgestützter Entscheidungen zu vermitteln. Auf eine ausführliche Darstellung der AHP-Methode (Analytic Hierarchy Process) wird besonders Gewicht gelegt. Diese von T.L. Saaty...