Non-hierarchical connections in a transportational AHP model

Szabolcs Duleba

Proceedings of ICLT 2013

Non-hierarchical connections in a transportational AHP model

Szabolcs Duleba

College of Nyíregyháza, Hungary

International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2013, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 200-204

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to introduce an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model on a public transportation system. The original AHP model is amended by non-hierarchical connections of system elements, which can be considered as extra information for the final decision. The model has been tested on a Japanese city bus transportation system. The created model is applicable for complex transport system development decisions. Based on our findings, ANP (which is recommended in MCDM literature for considering both hierarchical and nonhierarchical connections in a decision) could be substituted by an AHP-ISM approach, which is easier and more realistic to apply. Moreover, the connections of transport system elements are dominantly hierarchical, so AHP structure is advisable to keep; non-hierarchical linkages are just extra information for the decision. The created model not only promotes the AHP idea by considering non-hierarchical linkages but also offers a more practical decision making procedure than ANP.

Keywords

public transport; AHP; ANP; ISM; MCDM

Citation

Szabolcs Duleba (2013). Non-hierarchical connections in a transportational AHP model. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2013), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 200-204.