scholarly journals Research on Analytic Hierarchy Process Based on New Utility Function- A Case Study of the National College Entrance Examination

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baolong Wang ◽  
Chenglong Wang ◽  
Huifang Dai
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Utility Function ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
National College Entrance Examination ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Reverse Discrimination in National College Entrance Examination – Epitome of Preferential Ethnic Affairs Policies in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-138
Author(s):  
Sam Huang
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Reverse Discrimination ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Preferential Treatment ◽  
College Entrance Examination ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Long Run ◽  
National College Entrance Examination

This article critically analyses ethnic affairs policies in China; in particular, preferential policies in criminal law, family planning and education. The policy of awarding extra points to ethnic minority candidates in the National College Entrance Examination (ncee) is evaluated as a case study to expound why preferential treatment is discriminatory. China’s regional autonomy model, which replicates that of the former ussr, is unsustainable in the long run, because it could foster separatism and ethnic identity, rather than a common citizenship of China. Lessons are drawn from education affirmative action in the usa, which in recent years has arguably transformed into reverse discrimination in some states. The author argues that China does not have historical persecutions against minorities like those in the usa that require governmental compensatory policy, nor could it afford to cherry-pick amongst 55 ethnic minorities (shaoshu minzu 少数民族) and alienate Han ethnicity1 (hanzu 汉族). Preferential ethnic affairs policies could challenge harmony among various ethnic groups. Equality before the law of all citizens regardless of ethnicity must be upheld.

scholarly journals User needs elicitation via analytic hierarchy process (AHP). A case study on a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Pecchia ◽  
Jennifer L Martin ◽  
Angela Ragozzino ◽  
Carmela Vanzanella ◽  
Arturo Scognamiglio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Ct Scanner ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Integrated Quality Function Deployment as a Tool for Quality Achievement in Healthcare

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chintala Venkateswarlu ◽  
A. K. Birru
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Direct Evaluation ◽  
Quality Function ◽  
Model Combining ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Quality function deployment (QFD) is a methodology that extracts client demands (CDs) and inducting them in the final service/product. Once CDs are extracted from client the traditional QFD approach uses absolute importance to identify the degree of importance for each CD. Direct evaluation of CDs based on absolute weighting without tradeoffs is easy to perform, but may lead to serious deviations from reality. An alternative to avoid this problem is to adopt the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. In this paper, an integrated model combining AHP and QFD has been delineated as a quality achievement tool in healthcare. A case study is performed on the healthcare services provided by government general hospital, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh, India and data has been analyzed to benchmark the proposed framework by computing the degree of relative importance for CDs through AHP and incorporating them in subsequent deployment matrices.

scholarly journals Аn example of different AHP structuring in a forest management problem

2016 ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Milena Lakicevic ◽  
Bojan Srdjevic ◽  
Ivaylo Velichkov ◽  
Zorica Srdjevic
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Consistency Check ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The paper investigates how different hierarchy structuring in analytic hierarchy process (AHP) may affect the final results in the decision-making process. This problem is analyzed in a case study of the Rila monastery forest stands in Bulgaria. There were three similar and mutually overlapped hierarchies defined. A decision maker evaluated all of them and after analyzing final results and consistency performance, he selected and revised the most appropriate hierarchy structure. Consistency check assisted in detecting the judgments which have strongly violated evaluation procedure. These mistakes are interpreted as a consequence of a large number of required pair-wise comparisons. The paper emphases the importance of properly defining hierarchy structure and recommends using consistency analysis as a guide and not as a directive for the revision of judgments.

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