The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is discussed and illustrated. A controlled experiment is conducted to ascertain if the quality of judgments rendered using the AHP is task dependent or is affected by psychological or demographic variables. No evidence is found to suggest that sex,...

"To understand and protect our home planet, to explore the universe and search for life, and to inspire the next generation of explorers" is NASA's mission. The Systems Management Office at Johnson Space Center (JSC) is searching for methods to effectively manage the Center's resources to meet...

Joint Air Operations (JAO) are traditionally orchestrated using centralized planning and scheduling that assigns air assets to mission packages for the purpose of achieving campaign objectives. However, the current command and control model used by the Air Force lacks 'agility', since it neither...

The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is a well-known Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) method that is used to identify the most attractive alternative solution among a finite set of alternatives based on the simultaneous minimization of the distance...