Decision Making, Scaling, and Number Crunching
评论了使用已知测量标度或随意数字进行决策的人为性，讨论了取悦决策者和使用归一化作为数字处理工具的陷阱，并通过例子说明层次分析法（AHP）如何满足多准则决策的理论要求。
ABSTRACT The purpose of this note is to comment on the artificiality of using known scales of measurement (or conveniently improvised numbers) to make decisions. In particular, the pitfalls of trying to please the decision maker and of using normalization as a number crunching tool are discussed. Finally, an example is given to show what is needed to develop a workable and theoretically sound theory for multi‐criteria decisions and to show that the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) meets these demands.