Impact of individual, household, and area characteristics on health and social care outcomes for people with multimorbidity: Protocol for a multilevel analysis. by Clare MacRae, Stewart W Mercer, Andrew Lawson, Alan Marshall, Jamie Pearce, Eleojo Abubakar, Chunyu Zheng, Marjan van den Akker, Thomas Williams, Olivia Swann, Louisa Pollock, Anna Rawlings, Rich Fry, Ronan A Lyons, Jane Lyons, Amy Mizen, Chris Dibben, Bruce Guthrie

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Progressive brain structural abnormality in cerebral small vessel disease assessed with MR imaging by using causal network analysis by Ronghua Mu, Xiaoyan Qin, Wei Zheng, Peng Yang, Bingqin Huang, Xiqi Zhu

“…Aims: Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a complex condition characterized by a combination of microcirculation disorders and neurodegenerative processes, CSVD is associated with structural abnormalities in multiple brain regions. …”
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Selection of a dam site by using AHP and VIKOR: The Sakarya Basin by Kara Dilek Zuhal Elif, Opan Mücahit, Bacaksız Efsun, Hergül Ahmet Serhan

“…The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the Vlse Kriterijumska Optimizacija Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) method have been used together as multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. …”
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Offshoring Location Decision in Fuzzy Environment by Mehmet Şahin

“…A Fuzzy-AHP (analytical hierarchy process) integrated with the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), additive ratio assessment (ARAS), elimination et choix traduisant la realité (ELECTRE), and weighted sum method (WSM) methodology is proposed for the appraisal and selection of the optimal offshoring location. …”
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Evaluating the economic and environmental viability of hybrid solar-geothermal heat pump systems in Jordan using multi-criteria decision analysis by Malik Alamayreh, Yousef Altork

“…Additionally, this study is the first to employ both the fuzzy Best–Worst Method (BWM) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) techniques to rank station suitability, identifying Maan station as the most optimal and Ghor El-Safi as the least. …”
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ANALYSIS OF HALAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN FRIED CHICKEN RESTAURANT USING SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATION REFERENCE (SCOR) 12.0 by Auliya Hayyu Ratnaningtyas, Qurtubi, Elisa Kusrini, Rahma Fariza

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Assessing the cumulative effects of nearshore habitat restoration actions for multiple populations of juvenile salmon in Whidbey Basin, Washington: foundation and approach for synt... by Kathryn L. Sobocinski, Michael LeMoine, Joshua W. Chamberlin, Letitia Conway-Cranos, Annelise Del Rio, Heida L. Diefenderfer, Heida L. Diefenderfer, Correigh M. Greene, Jason Hall, Gary E. Johnson, Ronald M. Thom, Elene Trujillo, Todd Zackey

“…The framework draws on science synthesis from numerous fields and uses a hierarchy of hypotheses, causal analysis at multiple scales, and a new hierarchy of synthesis for assessing multiple lines of evidence documenting restoration effects on Pacific salmon. …”
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AHP BASED STARTUP BUSINESS SELECTION OF B2C TYPE E-BUSINESS - A CASE STUDY by Limon SAHA, Rokibul ISLAM, Md. Rakibul ISLAM, Md. Zahid HASAN

“…Proper planning can ensure preventive maintenance of the business & enables the entrepreneur to do the right thing the first time. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a structured technique for organizing and analyzing complex decisions, based on mathematics and psychology. …”
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Analysis the Variability of Agroclimatic Feasibility of Aloe Vera Cultivation in Hormozgan Province under four CO2 Representative Concentration Pathways by Shahrbanoo Qanbari Adivi, Amir Gandomkar, Morteza Khodagholi

“…Two types of date were used to determine the suitable agro climatic area for Alo-Vera Cultivation in Hormozgan Province namely: minimum and maximum temperature, long term mean annual rainfall and environmental factors such as slop, aspect, soil type and elevation. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) also has been used to determine the special weight of each factor. …”
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Spatial Zoning of Agricultural Tourism Capabilities in Rural Areas of Lorestan Province by Mohammad reza Rezvani, Fatemeh Nickravesh, Nasrin Kazemi

“…In the second step, the weight of the criteria was calculated using the opinion of experts and using the Fuzzy-Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method. Then, using the weight of the criteria and the criteria map, the agricultural tourism zoning map was prepared using the WLC method. …”
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Characteristics of geological hazard development and disaster-inducing environment of the MS6.2 earthquake in Jishishan, Gansu Province by LU Shiming, WU Zhonghai, HUANG Ting

“…This understanding will help to develop better disaster prevention and mitigation strategies for similar seismic regions.   Methods  To investigate these issues, the study uses a combination of field investigations, remote sensing image interpretation, and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). …”
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MAKING STRATEGIC DECISIONS UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTIES by T. K. Kravchenko, D. V. Isaev

“…When modeling problem situations, it is necessary to take into account environmental factors that are essential for decision-making, given that considered factors can be either independent or interdependent. A hierarchy analysis method is discussed as one of the methods for assessing the probabilities of problem situations.…”
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Methodological Components for Evaluating Intervention Effectiveness of SOS Feeding Approach: A Feasibility Study by Sarah A. Schoen, Rachel Balderrama, Emma Dopheide, Ariel Harris, Laura Hoffman, Samantha Sasse

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Defense training of border villages with passive defense approach; case study: border villages of Piranshahr by Mohammad Hassan Nami

“…The spatial findings were analyzed using GIS, the Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP), and fuzzy logic. …”
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Data Resource Profile: A Guide for Constructing School-to-work Sequence Analysis Trajectories Using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) Data by Shivani Sickotra

“…SQL was used to extract relevant variables, and data linkage and preprocessing was performed using R. Data processing was tailored to sequence analysis, including reducing the number of activity states and applying a hierarchy to integrate education and employment data. …”
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Evaporative cold storage for African indigenous vegetables: A SWOT-AHP analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions and its impact on the quality of Amaranth and African nightshade by Samuel Elolu, Nadja Förster, Arnold Mathew Opiyo, Susanne Huyskens-Keil

“…A mixed-method approach was used. This included a qualitative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and analytical hierarchy process (SWOT-AHP) evaluation, as well as experimental studies on the impact of evaporative charcoal coolers and brick coolers on vegetable quality. …”
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Functional approach to object intellectualization based on complex engineering by A. I. Mokhov, R. V. Dushkin

“…According to the authors, this will allow us to reach new frontiers in the field of creating “smart” systems for managing technological and managerial processes in various branches of human economic activity.…”
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Organization of the Public Procurement System in Japan and the Possibility of Applying Experience in Russia by I. Yu. Fedorova, Yu. S. Pipiya

“…For this, it is necessary to study the organization of the public procurement system in Japan, highlighting the most effective elements and tools; to show the features of the functioning of the system and possible ways of future development; to give a comparative description of the procurement systems of Japan and Russia; to suggest ways to improve the Russian procurement system, using the experience of Japan.Methods: during the work, general scientific and special research methods were used, including statistical analysis, processing of analytical data, analogies, scientific generalizations, etc.Results: as a result of the analysis of changes in the legislative framework, on the basis of which public procurement in Japan is regulated, the authors examined the qualitative characteristics of the interconnections of the procurement system participants and assessed the development prospects, incl. …”
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Planejamento sistemático de layout com apoio de análise de decisão multicritério Systematic layout planning aided by multicriteria decision analysis by Guilherme L. Tortorella, Flávio S. Fogliatto

“…Nine different macro-layout alternatives were generated and the best overall alternative was evaluated in relation to seven criteria using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process).…”
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Development of a territory-wide household-based composite index for measuring relative distribution of households by economic status in individual small areas throughout Hong Kong by Eva L.H. Tsui, Philip L.H. Yu, K. F. Lam, Kelvin K.Y. Poon, Adam C.M. Ng, K. Y. Cheung, Winnie Li, Michael L.H. Leung, David H.Y. Lam, James L.Y. Cheng, Sharon P.W. Ng

“…Our composite index comprises seven variables under income-/wealth-related and housing-related domains with weights determined using the analytic hierarchy process. After ranking all households from the most to the least well-off according to the numeric/ordinal value of each variable and then calculating their weighted rank scores, they were segregated into ten deciles from D1 (top 10% most well-off) to D10 (bottom 10%). …”
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