International Symposium on AHP, Chile 2007

The 9th International Symposium on Analytic Hierarchy Process (ISAHP) was held in Chile , August 2007. Although I could not participate, my paper titled "Measuring the Value of Information Technology - A Framework, has been included in the proceedings whichcan be downloaded from the Symposium website

It is indeed a pleasant surprise for me to see the paper included in the conference proceedings despite my failure to attend the symposium.

There are many papers on various aspects (indicating the spread of AHP) - I particularly liked the paper -

APPLICATION OF THE AHP/ANP TO INVENTION PROBLEMS
Andreichicov A.V. and Andreichicova O.N.

Summary: The paper describes a number of computer-supported methods for invention problem solving by using the AHP/ANP. These methods are intended for creating of new mechanisms and may be useful for support of the following problems: strategic forecasting the evolution of mechanical devices having a certain functional assignment; a choice of rational analogues and prototypes from inventions databases;
the synthesis and quality assessment of new conceptual solutions of mechanisms; the evaluation of novelty by examining the inventions. Application of AHP/ANP enables one to promote solving the foregoing problems through a systemic approach involving the use of multiple criteria for decision-making.

However, I am surprised why authors never mention TRIZ as they are quoting and using from Altshuller work - Just reproducing the references below


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