Abstract
The pairwise comparisons in AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) are made
using a scale list that indicates the importance of one entity over another entity with
respect to a given criteria. Moreover, the pairwise comparison matrix represents the
intensities of the decision maker’s preference between individual pairs of alternatives.
The matrix is usually determined from the 1-point to 9-point scale. Various methods
for paired comparison method have been proposed, making more intuitive and highly
accurate decision making possible. However, the number of pairwise comparisons increases
as the number of criteria increases. Therefore, the burden of decision makers
would become heavier.
In this paper, we propose an algorithm for the allocation problem of the burden
and verify the algorithm by using a programming language called Haskell1, which
is specialized in the functional programming. This research contributes not only to
allocation algorithm, but also aids researchers and decision makers in applying the
AHPs effectively.
