Choose the best car

This diagram example illustrates the use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in a practical decision situation. It was designed on the base of Wikimedia Commons file: AHPJones01.png. [commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AHPJones01.png] "In an AHP hierarchy for a family buying a vehicle, the goal might be to choose the best car for the Jones family. The family might decide to consider cost, safety, style, and capacity as the criteria for making their decision. They might subdivide the cost criterion into purchase price, fuel costs, maintenance costs, and resale value. They might separate Capacity into cargo capacity and passenger capacity." [Analytic hierarchy process – car example. Wikipedia] The decision diagram example "Choose the best car" was designed using ConceptDraw software extended with Decision Making solution from Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.