Remarks on the Analytic Hierarchy Process
指出层次分析法在排序备选方案时存在任意性缺陷，回顾了其操作难点，并聚焦于层级合成原则导致的排序任意性问题，提出结合多属性效用理论来修正这一缺陷。
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is flawed as a procedure for ranking alternatives in that the rankings produced by this procedure are arbitrary. This paper provides a brief review of several areas of operational difficulty with the AHP, and then focuses on the arbitrary rankings that occur when the principle of hierarchic composition is assumed. This principle requires that the weights on the higher levels of a hierarchy can be determined independently of the weights on the lower levels. Virtually all of the published examples of the use of the AHP to evaluate alternatives relative to a set of criteria have assumed this principle. The key to correcting this flaw is the synthesis of the AHP with the concepts of multiattribute utility theory.