 CARVER 2.0: integrating the Analytical Hierarchy Process’s multi-attribute decision-making weighting scheme for a center of gravity vulnerability analysis for US Special Operations ForcesBradley Greaver, Leo Raabe, William P Fox and Robert E Burks The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2018, vol. 15, issue 1, 111-120 Abstract: This article examines the use of a weighting scheme with a multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) process to improve the CARVER center of gravity analysis that is currently used by Special Operations Forces. We employ Saaty’s Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) pairwise comparison method to obtain initial decision maker weights for the decision-making process as an example for a generalizable mission. Firstly, we show the standard current CARVER method, as outlined in FM 34-36. Next, we apply several MADM methods using our suggested AHP weighting scheme to obtain the rankings of the alternatives. We compare the results and provide sensitivity analysis to examine the robustness of each MADM analysis. We conclude that any decision methodology for CARVER that includes a weighting scheme by each decision maker is better than not using any weighting scheme. Keywords: Center of gravity; Analytical Hierarchy Process; Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution; Simple Additive Weights; Criticality; Availability; Recuperability; Vulnerability; Effect; Recognizability; decision weights; multi-attribute decision making; sensitivity analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:joudef:v:15:y:2018:i:1:p:111-120 Access Statistics for this article More articles in The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation |
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