FAHP

Abstract

The AHP method introduced by Saaty (The analytical hierarchy process. McGraw-Hill, NY) shows the process of determining the priority of a set of alternatives and the relative importance of attributes in a multi-criteria decision-making problem. The primary advantage of the AHP approach is the relative easy with which it handles multiple criteria and performs qualitative and quantitative data. However AHP is frequently criticized for its inability to adequately accommodate the inherent uncertainty and imprecision associated with mapping decision-maker perceptions to extract numbers Hu (Expert Syst Appl 36:7142-147, 2009).