Shin Sugiura

The Relationship between Dominant AHP/CCM and ANP

This paper demonstrates that the equation, Dominant AHP (analytic hierarchy process)+ANP(analytic network process)=Dominant AHP, is valid, when the weights of criteria relative to the evaluation of dominant alternative is chosen as the basis for the evaluation of Dominant AHP. It also substantiates that the equation, CCM(concurrent convergence method)+ANP=CCM, is valid by applying the same approach.

A Study of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Decision-Making

This study attempts to clarify the psychological structures of people’s values and their decision-making processes while validating the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Within this attempt, we apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs [1][2] to the framework of this structure, and we propose a view of decision-making that is composed of two systems. One system is value judgment pressure expressed by value judgment distance (ego-involvement scale), and the other system is decisions made from value selection pressure expressed by distance among basic needs. (basic needs [1][2] ) This is a view of the basic structure of values and decision-making.

Convergence Properties of Criteria Weights of Dominant AHP with Solving Equations of Interchangeability

This paper focus on convergence properties of interchangeable criteria weight vectors of Dominant AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process). We find a degree of freedom of the vectors by solving equations which express interchangeability among them. We also reconsider a relation between interchangeability and the law of CRU (Constant of Ratio in Unit Evaluation), an optimality of solutions of CCM (Concurrent Convergence Method), and a relation between Dominant AHP and ANP(Analytic Network Process).

Adjustment Mechanism of Concurrent Convergence Method Models

The paper describes how the adjustment mechanism of Concurrent Convergence Method (CCM) models work. In doing so, the paper examines the following three models: Weight Concurrent Convergence Method (WCCM), a model for adjusting the instability of weight of criteria; Evaluation Concurrent Convergence Method (ECCM), a model for adjusting the instability of evaluation values; and Total Evaluation Concurrent Convergence method (TCCM), a model for resolving the instability of evaluation values, caused by the instability of weight of criteria, through convergence calculation of total evaluation value. The authors believe that it may be an unprecedented attempt to analyze the three above-mentioned models, or WCCM, ECCM and TCCM, all at the same time, and that their comprehensive analysis of CCM models could contribute significantly to this area of study.