<b>AHP for the selection of solid waste truck-compactors</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v33i3.8353

Abstract

There are different methods developed to aid decision makers. Multicriteria processes are emphasized and demand adequate analysis and synthesis of the available information. Objective and subjective variables (for instance: cost, perception, quantities, productivity and environment) must be simplified in order to obtain the best solution. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) provides a good answer for the quantitative measurement in multivariable decision problems. The method allows decomposition and synthesis of selected criteria, in a comparative process with prioritization of the best alternative. In this paper the AHP method was applied for the selection of a solid waste truck-compactor.