Decision-Making in Fuzzy Environment: A Survey

Hani K. Mahdi, Hossam Elsherif, Hossam Abd El Munim and Hossam Abd El Munim

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Abstract: Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is a crucial process in many business and management applications. The final decision is based upon the relative weights to the decision-making team. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has found to be one of the most successful approaches for evaluations of the weights and the importance of the criteria. However, most of the evaluated values are not so precise due to the fuzziness of the evaluating environment. This chapter surveys essentially the basic analytic hierarchy process and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). It depicts through an example the steps for using the original analytic hierarchy process for two levels of criteria. Then, it uses the same example to explain the fuzzy approach in the evaluation. Finally, it compares both approaches.

Keywords: analytic hierarchy process (AHP); fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP); multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM); Chang's extent analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88736

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