Theory and Applications of the Analytic Network Process: Decision Making with Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks

Thomas L. Saaty, 352 pp. , RWS Publications, 2005.  ISBN 1-888603-06-2, 2^nd printing. 

Describes how to evaluate complex decisions in light of their benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) and how to include invariant strategic criteria into the decision. It has examples including validation exercises for predicting market share based on the intangibles of customer perceptions using a single network model as well as new applications involving complex models with BOCR nodes and subnets for benefits, opportunities, costs and risks. 

     Softcover, $25.

NEW! The Encyclicon; a Dictionary of Applications of Decision Making with Dependence and Feedback based on the Analytic Network Process

Thomas L. Saaty and Müjgan Özdemir, paperback, 292 pp., RWS Publications, 2005.  ISBN 1-888603-05-4. 

The Encyclicon contains many examples of networks with feedback for different benefits, opportunities, costs and risks. The examples range from simple models with feedback involving single networks (for estimating market share of companies based on consumer perceptions, for example) to complex decisions involving benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR).  The decisions are categorized into business and trade, crime and terrorism, energy, government, military, health, industry and production, politics, public concern, sports and career decisions. Get an evaluation copy of the software that implements the Analytic Network Process.

      Softcover, $50.    

NEW! Creative Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision Making 

T.L. Saaty, 267 pp., RWS Publ.,  2005 (new ed.).  ISBN-1-888603-03-8 

In this new printing beautiful original paintings of the creative process have been added.  The rest of the book has the original rich collection of ideas, incorporating research by a growing body of researchers and practitioners, profiles of creative people, projects and products, theory, philosophy, physics and metaphysics…all explained with a liberal dose of humor.  .  Exercises at the end of each chapter help readers build their creative “muscles” and develop skills and the confidence to successfully meet challenges.  New powerpoint slide presentation of creativity ideas that you can download from the internet.

     Hardcover. $60

The Brain: Unraveling the Mystery of How it Works, The Neural Network Process 

Thomas L. Saaty, 481 pp., RWS Publ.,  1999. ISBN 1-888603-02-X.

Many contemporary thinkers have claimed that all human actions, sensations, thoughts and even emotions are derived from the synthesis of neural firings in the brain.  This book confirms that they are right and supplies the mathematics to show how it happens.   The precise nature of the interaction, feedback, and synthesis of neural firings has not been fully described – until now.

     Hardcover. $50

Decision Making for Leaders  Vol. II of the AHP Series

Thomas L. Saaty, 315 pp., RWS Publ., 2001 (new ed.).  ISBN 0-9620317-8-X

This is a book of case studies in multicriteria decision-making using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).  The basics of the theory are described in a clear, non-technical manner with many examples.  Methods are given for calculating best options using simple arithmetic.  Suitable for business leaders and also the best book for introducing the AHP to students. 

This book addresses the issue of how to structure a complex situation, identify its criteria and other factors whether intangible or concrete, measure the interactions among them in a simple way, and synthesize all the information to obtain priorities.  The priorities can then be used in a benefit/cost setting to develop portfolios of activities, one of the major concerns of corporations today.  They can also be used in government and other organizations with different goals and purposes.  Moreover, the method offers practitioners a simple test of the consistency of their judgments.  It can also help them test the compatibility of projected policies with established ones.

     Softcover. $30

Spanish translation of the book above, Decisión Making for Leaders

Toma De Decisiones Para Líderes  

Thomas L. Saaty,  RWS Publ., 1997.  ISBN 1-888603-01-1,

Three native Spanish speakers who are distinguished scholars and researchers in AHP worked together to produce this exceedingly accurate and beautiful translation: Mauricio Escudey, Claudio Garuti, and Luis Vargas.

Softcover. $30

TWO BOOKS IN ONE  $60.

Vol. III and IV of the AHP Series, 2 books combined in one volume 

The two books below have been combined in one volume and published in a softback edition by RWS Publications under ISBN 1-888603-07-0, 1991.

The Logic of Priorities 

Thomas L. Saaty and Luis G. Vargas Vol. III, AHP Series, , 299 pp. 

The hardcover edition of this book was published in 1982 by Kluwer-Nijhoff under ISBN 0-89838-071-5. This book is an introduction to prioritization using the Analytic Hiearchy Process (AHP) with applications in business, energy, health and transportation.  It also includes applications in technology transfer and resource allocation.  It covers forward and backward planning, risk, uncertainty in portfolio selection, and conflict resolution using the AHP. 

Analytic Planning:  The Organization of Systems

Thomas L. Saaty & Kevin P. Kearns Vol. IV, AHP Series, , 208 pp.

The hardcover edition of this book was published in 1985 by Pergamon Press under ISBN 0-08-032599-8.  This book presents a methodological approach to planning using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).  Part I, Systems and Complexity, has chapters on Complexity and Systems and how they relate to the Analytic Hierarchy Process.  Part II, Strategic Planning, has chapters on Current Theories of Planning,  Strategic Planning, and  Benefit-Cost Analysis and Resource Allocation. 

     Softcover, $60 for Vols. 3 and 4 together.

The Hierarchon:  A Dictionary of Hierarchies 

Thomas L. Saaty & Ernest H. Forman, Vol. V, AHP Series, , 496 pp., RWS Publ., 1992.  ISBN 0-962-0317-5-5. 

Over 400 decision problems in government and the private sector, structured as hierarchical decision models.  The Hierarchon serves as a stimulus, a source of ideas to help in structuring decision problems as hierarchies.  Includes an introduction to the ideas of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in chapter 1.

Softcover, spiral bound, 8 1/2 x 11   $100

The Fundamentals of Decision Making and Priority Theory with the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Thomas L. Saaty Vol. VI of the AHP Series, , 478 pp., RWS Publ., 2000 (revised).  ISBN 0-9620317-6-3. 

This book is a comprehensive summary, primarily of the author's own thinking and research, of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and decision making.  It includes advanced mathematical theory and diverse applications.  Fundamentals of Decision Making has all the latest theoretical developments in the AHP and new theoretical material not published elsewhere.  We consider this book to be the replacement for the original book on the subject, The Analytic Hierarchy Process.

   Softcover. $40

Transportation Decisions with the Analytic Hierarchy Process 

Simin Jalali R. Rabbani and Soheil Rahnemay Rabbani, publisher Civil Engineering Department, Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil, 200 pp., 1996. ISBN 85-237-0043-9.

The only book dedicated to transportation decisions using the AHP.  It is in two parts: Part 1 includes the theoretical background of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and an examination of the dynamic evolution of multicriteria decision processes; Part 2 contains practical applications of the AHP to a variety of cases in transportation planning.  Cases involve scenarios of prediction, resource allocation based on benefit cost analysis and designing forward and backward planning. 

 Softcover. $25

PROCEEDINGS OF SOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA ON THE AHP ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH RWS PUBLICATIONS

Note: The proceeds from sales of any ISAHP Proceedings go to support future meetings.

Proceedings of ISAHP2 (1991, Pittsburgh)

The printed proceedings from the second international symposium on the AHP that took place in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1991. Many papers on theory and practice by leading researchers around the world who specialize in AHP.  It is available from RWS Publications by special order. 546 pp.

Softcover, 8 ½ x 11, spiral bound. $100

ISAHP4 (1996, Vancouver)

The printed proceedings from the fourth international symposium on the AHP that took place in at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., Canada, in 1996, are available through RWS Publications.  These are the original books as distributed at the meeting.  Many papers on theory and practice by leading researchers around the world who specialize in AHP are in each volume, 613 pp.

Softcover, 8 ½ x 11, spiral bound, original books, $50.