Title:
Аn example of different AHP structuring in a forest management problem
Abstract
hierarchy process (AHP) may affect the final results in the decision-making
process. This problem is analyzed in a case study of the Rila monastery
forest stands in Bulgaria. There were three similar and mutually overlapped
hierarchies defined. A decision maker evaluated all of them and after
analyzing final results and consistency performance, he selected and revised
the most appropriate hierarchy structure. Consistency check assisted in
detecting the judgments which have strongly violated evaluation procedure.
These mistakes are interpreted as a consequence of a large number of required
pair-wise comparisons. The paper emphases the importance of properly defining
hierarchy structure and recommends using consistency analysis as a guide and
not as a directive for the revision of judgments.
publisher: National Library of Serbia
published: 2016
doi : 10.2298/zmspn1630127l