Case Studies

Worked examples of the Analytic Hierarchy Process from published research. Each case study includes the full decision hierarchy and can be explored interactively in the app.

Wikipedia Example: Buying a Car

A well-known AHP example in which a family chooses between six Honda models, recreated in decisionpoint.io with a full sensitivity analysis.

Consumer Decisions

10 criteria · 6 alternatives

Wikipedia · Introductory

Selecting a Warship for the Brazilian Navy

A peer-reviewed AHP study compares three candidate corvette classes for the Brazilian Navy across nine operational and cost criteria, recreated in decisionpoint.io with a full sensitivity analysis.

Military / Defense

9 criteria · 3 alternatives

International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, 13(1) · Intermediate

Choosing an ID Format at The New York Times

A New York Times engineering team uses AHP to pick an identifier format for their new identity platform, recreated in decisionpoint.io with a full sensitivity analysis.

Software / Engineering

5 criteria · 4 alternatives

NYT Open · Introductory

Every case study above is backed by a public decision you can open directly in decisionpoint.io, with no sign-in required. Start with the worked AHP example: family car selection (the classic Wikipedia car example), or see group decision-making in action in the group AHP survey example: community wind farm site selection.