The AHP is a powerful and flexible decision-making
process. It can help people set priorities and make the best
decision when both qualitative and quantitative aspects of a
decision need to be considered. The Expert Choice (http://
www.expertchoice.com), a computer software package, is
used to structure the decision into criteria and alternatives,
measure the criteria and alternatives using pairwise
comparisons, synthesize criteria and subjective inputs to
arrive at a prioritized list of alternatives, and report on the
sensitivity analysis. A four-step decision-making process
based on (Expert Choice 2000) in using AHP is presented,
as follows.