Author(s):
Godinho, Pedro ; Costa, João Paulo ; Fialho, Joana ; Afonso, Ricardo
Date: 2011
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/2570
Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu
Subject(s): Research and development; Project selection; R&D; Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Project evaluation;; Research and development; Research and development; Project selection; Project selection; R&D; R&D; Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Project evaluation;; Project evaluation;
Description
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been used in the process of selecting research and development (R&D) projects. Such a selection process usually possesses some particular features that require adjustments in the application of the AHP method, such as the existence of a large number of very different alternatives or the integration of qualitative and quantitative criteria. In this paper, we discuss the application of AHP to the selection of a portfolio of R&D projects, and we propose some methods for handling the issues that arise from such an application
