Date: January 6th 2010

Dear Colleagues:

The International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (IJAHP) has published its latest issue Vol 1 No 2 (2009) at http://www.ijahp.org. This journal serves scholars and practitioners who use the Analytic Hierarchy/Network Process (AHP/ANP) for decision making. We invite you to review the Table of Contents below then visit the web site.

The first article discusses the use of AHP-based questionnaires for evaluating alternatives about social issues. This study finds that using AHP to survey social issues is more effective than some other currently popular methods for assessing human perceptions. This article is followed by an ANP application on a practical and important problem for Poland: When should Poland join the Euro zone? This study performs a Benefit-Cost-Risk-Opportunity (BOCR) analysis of three possible timeframe scenarios and concludes that Poland would be better off entering the Euro zone in 2011. The latest news on this topic indicates that this is precisely the strategy that Poland is currently pursuing. The final article in this issue discusses the use of ANP to study combinatorial auctions. Combinatorial auctions are those auctions in which bidders can place bids on combinations of items, called “packages,” rather than just individual items. The ANP is particularly suitable for studying combin atorial auctions due to the interdependence of sellers, buyers, bundles, and the related auction criteria. The article presents a model for this type of auction. To close this issue, we have a treat in the essay section. Saaty, Vargas, and Whitaker provide what may constitute the Cliff notes of AHP criticism. They summarize all the criticisms made to date about AHP/ANP, and address one by one, each of the different categories. So, should any of the readers bump into any of these arguments, the response is likely to be found in this essay.

In a nutshell, this issue presents three research articles from authors in three different countries, and a review of AHP criticisms, enough material to keep IJAHP readers busy and give them a fresh look at the AHP/ANP in this New Year.

To submit an article online first register on the site and log in, then click on the User Home tab at the top of the Home page to get to your personalized User page. Select the author link. Scroll down to START A NEW SUBMISSION, select the click here link and follow the instructions. You can track the status of submitted articles on your personalized User Home page.

Happy New Year!

Enrique Mu, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
IJAHP

International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process Volume 1, No 2 (2009)
Table of Contents
http://www.ijahp.org/index.php/IJAHP/issue/view/5

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HOW TO MEASURE HUMAN PERCEPTION IN SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES (pp 64-82)

Yuji Sato

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WHEN SHOULD POLAND ENTER THE EURO ZONE? (pp 83-108)

Wiktor Adamus

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USING AN ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS MODEL IN COMBINATORIAL AUCTIONS (pp 109-120)

Petr Fiala

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Review: ADDRESSING WITH BREVITY CRITICISMS OF THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (pp 121-134) Thomas L. Saaty, Luis G. Vargas, Rozann Whitaker