An application of AHP for parameter importance evaluation for farm machinery selection

Title:
An application of AHP for parameter importance evaluation for farm machinery selection

Abstract
Abstract
The farm machinery selection is a complex decision making task. It involves a variety of variables associated with farming which include social and economic aspects of the decision maker. The aim of this work is to develop decision support architecture for tractor selection process. Different parameters for selecting tractor were identified; their importance was studied by literature survey and evaluated with AHP. The study concludes that the parameter operation type receives highest importance in tractor selection process. Other parameters like, service, type of business, brand and cost are also important in tractor selection process.

publisher: IOP Publishing

published: 2020/3/1

doi : 10.1088/1757-899x/810/1/012022