Can Fuzzy Extension of Delphi-Analytical Hierarchy Process Improve Hospital Site Selection?

Chatterjee, Debmallya (2014) Can Fuzzy Extension of Delphi-Analytical Hierarchy Process Improve Hospital Site Selection? International Journal Intercultural Information Management,, 4 (2-3). pp. 113-128.

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Abstract

Applications of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and its Fuzzy Extension (FAHP) can be witnessed in different Multi-criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) situations including location selection. However, the use of such a prominent MCDM tool is limited when it comes to hospital site selection in India. This paper makes an attempt to do a formal study of hospital site selection in India using AHP and its fuzzy extension. The study embeds Delphi both with AHP and FAHP in generating consensus and does a comparative analysis to verify the supremacy of one over another. Three rural locations from India are considered for a potential hospital in the study. Results indicate ‘cost of land’ as the most important sub-factor across both the integrated models followed by ‘population characteristics’. D-AHP and D-FAHP has resulted in varying weights for few sub-factors nevertheless the differences are not statistically significant.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Delphi-AHP; Fuzzy Extension; Hospital Site Selection; MCDM
Subjects:	Management Information Systems > Enterprise Resource Planning
Divisions:	Operations and Information Science
Depositing User:	Mr. Ramesh Kamath
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2018 17:37
Last Modified:	26 Feb 2019 05:59
URI:	http://tapmi.informaticsglobal.com/id/eprint/42

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