Contents

pp 5-6

Preface

pp 7-10

PART I - Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of the AHP/ANP Methods

pp 11-12

1 - Priorities Originate from Dominance and Order Topology in AHP/ANP: The Fundamental Scale, Relative Scales and When to Preserve Rank

pp 13-38

2 - Validation Examples for the Analytic Hierarchy Process and the Analytic Network Process

pp 39-62

3 - Rank from Comparisons and from Ratings in the Analytic Hierarchy/Network Processes

pp 63-76

PART II - Application of the AHP in Solving Economic, Organizational and Management Problems 77

pp 77-78

4 - AHP Application to Raw Materials Stock Management

pp 79-90

5 - Needs for Multicriteria Methods in Land Use Land Cover Change Modeling

pp 91-104

6 - AHP in Agricultural Extension Modeling

pp 105-118

7 - Verification of the Development Priorities for Małopolskie Voivodeship Using the AHP Method

pp 119-130

8 - The Possibilities of Application of AHP Method in Solving Corporate Management Problems

pp 131-138

9 - A study on the Applicability of the AHP Method for the Choice of the Key Factors of Reaching Success in Certain Sectors of Industry

pp 139-146

10 - Function of Motivation in the Management Process in the AHP Framework

pp 147-160

11 - Hierarchization and Prioritization of Factors Influencing Welfare and Living Conditions of the Municipal Residents

pp 161-174

PART III - Application of the AHP in Connection with Other Methods

pp 175-176

12 - How to Measure Human Perception: Empirical Evaluations of Traditional Methods and the Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

pp 177-194

13 - Costs and Benefits of Improving Quality Management in a Multicriteria Framework

pp 195-208

14 - On Multiplicative Properties of Paired Comparisons Method with a Use of Logarithmic Regression

pp 209-218

PART IV - Application of the ANP in Solving Economic, Organizational, Social and Political Problems

pp 219-220

15 - When Should Poland Enter the Euro-Zone? Decision Making with the ANP

pp 221-244

16 - The Analytic Network Process (ANP) for Universities Selection Decisions

pp 245-258

17 - Application of the AHP/ANP to Identify the Most Sustainable Direction of Crop Production in Poland

pp 259-286

18 - Safety Management in Poland in the Context of Installing the Anti-Missile Shield

pp 287-302

PART V - Other Multicriteria Methods

pp 303-304

19 - Application of DEA Method and Malmquist Total Productivity Index in Estimation of Management Efficiency

pp 305-318

20 - An Evaluation of the Social and Economic Development of Counties in the Wielkopolskie Province Using a Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making (FMCDM) Method

pp 319-329