Best practices in Analytic Network Process studies

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Highlights:

• For the first time, best practices for the reporting of ANP studies are proposed.

• A minimum set of practices are needed to ensure the validity of ANP studies.

• Best practices are presented as a convenient checklist for authors and reviewers.

• A simple approach to check if the ANP supermatrix convergence assumptions are met.

• Suggestions, examples and suitable references are provided for the adoption of best practices.

摘要

•For the first time, best practices for the reporting of ANP studies are proposed.•A minimum set of practices are needed to ensure the validity of ANP studies.•Best practices are presented as a convenient checklist for authors and reviewers.•A simple approach to check if the ANP supermatrix convergence assumptions are met.•Suggestions, examples and suitable references are provided for the adoption of best practices.

论文关键词:ANP best practices,ANP reporting,ANP model specification,AHP best practices,AHP reporting

论文评审过程:Received 7 January 2020, Revised 8 April 2020, Accepted 4 May 2020, Available online 13 May 2020, Version of Record 3 June 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113536