Decision Making with the Analytic Network Process Economic, Political, Social and Technological Applications with Benefits, Opportunities, Costs and Risks /

• Main Authors: Saaty, Thomas L. (Author), Vargas, Luis G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 95
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Political science.; Econometrics.; Psychometrics.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Political Science.

The Analytic Network Process (ANP) developed by Thomas Saaty in his work on multicriteria decision making applies network structures with dependence and feedback to complex decision making. This book is a selection of applications of ANP to economic, social and political decisions, and also to techn...

Table of Contents:

• The Analytic Network Process
• Forecasting the Resurgence of the U.S. Economy in 2001: An Expert Judgment Approach
• An Analytic Network Process Model for Financial-Crisis Forecasting
• Outsourcing a Firm’s Application Development Group
• ANWR - Artic National Wildlife Refuge: an ANP Validation Example
• The Ford Explorer Case
• Pennsylvania High-Speed Maglev Project
• U.S. Energy Security
• Stabilizing Social Security for the Long-Term
• The Most Hopeful Outcome in the Middle East Conflict: The Analytic Network Process Approach
• The Conflict Between China and Taiwan
• U. S. Response to North Korean Nuclear Threat
• Criteria for Evaluating Group Decision-Making Methods.