The AHP has been applied in the field of KMS and
KM tools. Chen et al. (2007) adopted the AHP in
order to locate the importance weight of each KMS
model in the KM information system and to
correlate the importance weight of each model to
the key implementation factors. Yurdakul (2004)
implemented the AHP approach as a strategic
decision-making tool to justify machine tool selection.
In addition, the AHP has been applied to
support KM in order to analyse and compare KM
tools in the software market (Ngai and Chan, 2005)
and to measure the soundness of e-business
(Capece, 2009). Another study has proposed a
fuzzy AHP approach to evaluate knowledge portal
systems as development tools (Kreng and Wu,
2007). Finally, in the field ofKMstrategies, a method
based on the Analythic Network Process has been
developed to help companies that need to evaluate
and select a favourable strategy (Wu and Lee, 2007).