Usage of AHP methodology in selecting commercial building sites in the city of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The aim of this article is the selection of commercial building sites in the city of Rio de Janeiro by using techniques of multiple criteria decision-making processes. The technique chosen was based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology, due to its features, flexibility, and large applicability in engineering problems involving multiple criteria decision-making processes. Its application was done on an opinion survey among construction specialists, in which six criteria were selected to evaluate ten alternatives for commercial building sites. To operate the analytics of the method, researchers used the software Super Decisions, presenting the factors according to their priority in selecting the sites. And in the end, the results were demonstrated according to the hierarchical selection order.