Example: Cell phone selecting
Selecting the cell phone with Analitical Hierarchy Process
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I want to buy a cell phone.
I do not know how to choose one among three models which I like.
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Maybe AHP can help you.
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Hi!
What's
up?
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I want to buy a cell phone,
but
I do not know
how to decide which
one to
buy.
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| A, H, what? |
AHP
(Analytical
Hierarchy
Process)
is
a process
for developing
a numerical score
to rank
each
decision alternative based on how well each alternative meets the decision maker’s criteria. |
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It sounds
to
complicated
to me.
But, let's
try. |
What characteristics of cell phone are important to you?
Well, I want it to be good quality, to work properly and as expected all the time, then battery life that it is not short. Of course, it is important to look nice and to have other useful features like mp3 player, camera with high resolution, radio and some other stuff. |
Great! So, your criteria by which
you will choose ideal cell phone
for you are the quality, life
battery, design, and
other features.
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Yes!
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Which criteria is the most important to you? |
And now what?
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Well, the quality is for me more important then life battery ...and design a little more important
then quality. I would not like to
have an ugly cell phone with
good quality, and then I do not
want it to have low battery even
if it is well designed cell phone.
Uh, it is hard for me to define
the rank of criteria.
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No problem.
AHP is
ideal
method
for such
situations.
On
123ahp.com
on the
scale 1-9
select the
importance
of
each
criteria
to another
one to get
their
ranking.
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In the same principle compare the cell
phones by each criteria. |
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Hm, it looks simple.
I entered all my preferences. |
O.K.
By
the last
click you
get
the result.
Rank of
alternatives
and criteria
will
show up.
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So, this is the cell phone that best fits my
preferences and criteria. |
For more details you can
click on the "details". |
Aditionaly you can make a detailed
analysis and compare the ranked
alternatives with costs or check the
similar case in decision library. |
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What if I change my mind in some preference
or criteria? |
Simply
change
selected value
on the scale
and you
can go
back on
any step.
By free
registration
you can save
your
calculation
of decision
process
and later
change it. |
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You can also
propose
for others
your calculation
or template
and go through
decision library. |
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Great!
No more problems
with decision making for me!
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Is that
AHA
effect
in your
case?
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Wait a minute! I can select in the
same method cars, house, suppliers,
projects and etc. Right?
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Just to a minute!
You are decision maker!
123ahp.com is excellent tool
that can help you to make it
and analyze it.
Based on your preferences
and your criteria it is your
responsibility. You are making
your choice and your decision.
I got it!
My choice, My decision
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