Analytical Planning: The Organization of SystemsAnalytical Planning: The Organization of Systems deals with systems and planning and suggests a methodological tool for integrating the two. This book presents the basic ideas behind complexity, systems, hierarchies, and prioritization and describes planning as a unique form of decision making with illustrations of some prominent philosophical and methodological approaches. It highlights some shortcomings of traditional approaches to planning and shows how these can be addressed by the systems approach. |
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Systems | 12 |
The Analytic Hierarchy Process | 19 |
Systems Characteristics and | 63 |
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Analytical Planning: The Organization of System Thomas L. Saaty,Kevin P. Kearns Limited preview - 2014 |
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