This book offers a simple introduction to the fundamentals and
applications of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) without a
pre-requisite for a sophisticated mathematical background. It provides a
quick and intuitive understanding of the methodology using spreadsheet
examples and explains in a step-by-step fashion how to use Super
Decisions, a freely available software developed by the Creative
Decisions Foundations. The book is intended to be a resource for
decision makers with little or no exposure to the field of Operations
Research (OR); however, the book can be used as a very gentle
introduction to the AHP methodology and/or as an AHP hands-on supplement
for standard OR textbooks. AHP is an intuitive and mathematically simple
methodology in the field of multi-criteria decision making. Because of
this, most AHP books assume the reader has basic OR mathematical
background. However, AHP simplicity suggests that decision makers from
all disciplines can take advantage of the methodology without struggling
with the mathematics behind it. To fulfill this need, this book delivers
a quick and practical understanding of the method that can be useful for
corporate executives.