International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Vikas Khairnar, Dr. A. P. Shelorkar -----------------------------------------------------------------------------***------------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT In today’s corporate and mercantile world many times it may happen to face a situation in which there may create a perplexity to take the most appropriate decision from the available solutions.in many fields like ranking, profit optimization ,resource allocation, priority fixation, sequential operation and many more, confusing situations are always created and number of times it is difficult for a personnel to take an appropriate decision. Usually, we make decisions on the platforms of experience and logic which is nothing but a presumption to be precise. However, we cannot assure the preciseness of our decision. On the contrary, if the implemented judgements consequently prove to be incorrect then sometimes the impairment is unaffordable. Hence, we entail to bring about a process which can assemble a platform for a correct decision, to boost the productivity and profitability in construction industry.to simplify the critical situations by analyzing the parameters affecting the selection, the ‘Analytical hierarchy process’ is utilized. The work consists of meticulous considerations of all subjective and objective parameters concerning our decision problem in both phases. Here we have also tried to elaborate the adaptive exercise of AHP in small as well as larg e construction projects, as both cases vary from each other in numerous aspects. Finally, we may conclude that the use of AHP in construction execution will surely be a fruitful approach. On the practical side, the AHP based applications in this work have proven to be a convenient and user-friendly tool for the multi-criterion group decision making process in the construction industry. Here by we particularly proposed the use of simplified methodology for relatively complex decision possesses an inherent ability to unveil the facet knowledge of the competent and experienced users.
Keywords: AHP, Decision making, Construction, Projects, Parameters INTRODUCTION The analytic hierarchy process(AHP)is a structured technique for organizing and analyzing complex decisions, based on mathematical analysis.it is a multi-attribute decision making tool developed by Thomas L. Saaty in 1970’s and has been extensively studied and refined since then.it has particular application in group decision making and prioritization and is used around the world in a wide variety of decision situations, in fields such as government, business, industry and education. Rather than prescribing a correct decision, the AHP helps decision makers find the one that best suits their goal and their understanding of the problem.it provide a comprehensive and rational framework for structuring a decision problem, for representing and quantifying its elements, for relating those elements to overall goals, and for evaluating alternative solutions. The AHP converts those evaluations to numerical values that can be Once the hierarchy is built, the decision makers systematically evaluate its various elements by comparing them to one another in pairs, with respect to their impact on an element above them in the hierarchy.in making the comparisons, the decision makers can use concrete data about the elements, but they typically use their judgements about the element’s relative meaning and importance.it is the essence of the AHP that human judgements ,and not just the underlying information, can be used in performing the evaluations. processed and compared over the entire range of the problem. A numerical weight or priority is derived for each element of the hierarchy, allowing diverse and often incommensurable elements to be compared to one another in a rational and consistent way. This capability distinguishes the AHP from other decision-making techniques. In the final step of the process, numerical priorities are calculated for each of the decision alternatives. These numbers represent the alternative’s relative ability to achieve the decision goal, so they allow a straightforward consideration of the various courses of actions.
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