{"product_id":"9781461356677","title":"International Series in Operations Research \u0026 Management Science","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInternational Series in Operations Research \u0026amp; Management Science\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSaaty, Thomas L.; Vargas, Luis G.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModels, Methods, Concepts and Applications of the Analytic  Hierarchy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eProcess\u003c\/em\u003e is a volume dedicated to selected  applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) focused on three  themes: economics, the social sciences, and the linking of measurement  with human values. (1) The AHP offers economists a substantially  different approach to dealing with economic problems through ratio  scales. The main mathematical models on which economics has based its  quantitative thinking up to now are utility theory, which uses  interval scales, and linear programming. We hope that the variety of  examples included here can perhaps stimulate researchers in economics  to try applying this new approach. (2) The second theme is concerned  with the social sciences. The AHP offers psychologists and political  scientists the methodology to quantify and derive measurements for  intangibles. We hope that the examples included in this book will  encourage them to examine the methods of AHP in terms of the problems  they seek to solve. (3) The third theme is concerned with providing  people in the physical and engineering sciences with a quantitative  method to link hard measurement to human values. In such a process one  needs to interpret what the measurements mean. A number is useless  until someone understands what it means. It can have different  meanings in different problems. Ten dollars are plenty to satisfy  one's hunger but are useless by themselves in buying a new car. Such  measurements are only indicators of the state of a system, but do not  relate to the values of the human observers of that system. AHP  methods can help resolve the conflicts between hard measurement data  and human values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461356677\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-1665-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 333\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44343293968524,"sku":"9781461356677","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461356677.jpg?v=1772024186","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461356677","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}