Examining Pareto optimality in analytic hierarchy process on real Data: An application in public transport service development

Duleba, Szabolcs; Moslem, Sarbast

doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2018.08.049

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“…There are several reasons for that, however, the main reason is the high price of the tickets, especially in some EU countries like Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, which in turn affects the local economy and the sustainability of the cities [26]. There are several studies that evaluated the public transport where the price was fixed and the main issue was improving the supply quality of the urban transport system [13][14][15][16].…”

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“…Being the first experimental attempt to apply AHP for this purpose, the conventional form of the technique was selected as the methodology because of the reliability of its original tools: the Consistency Ratio (CR) and the sensitivity analysis. The authors of the current paper have previously used more current forms of AHP such as Fuzzy, Interval, Pareto types of AHP, or its combination with Kendall rank correlation [1,[13][14][15][16], however, in this first exploratory case the traditional approach seemed more reliable. The experience of the case study allows us to state that the constructed model is appropriate for supporting public transport system improvement decisions and might be applicable for other, arbitrary cities as well.…”

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Evaluating Passenger Demand for Development of the Urban Transport System by an AHP Model with the Real-World Application of Amman

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The demand for a service includes generally two major components; quality elements and the reasonable and affordable price. Public transport can be considered as a special service, there is no direct market competition for the provider, but the use of private transport modes substitutes the usage of public vehicles. The dominating competitor, the usage of private cars, causes higher CO2 emission and has a serious impact on the environment. Thus, it is important to analyze from market and sustainability point of view which are the preferences of the public for the improvement of the urban transport system. This paper aims to conduct this analysis by including quality criteria and transport fare criteria related to the current service of a city and by setting up and testing a generally applicable model for decision support. Since the acquisition of public preference was the primary objective, and the problem can be considered as decision making, the Analytic Hierarchy Process was selected as methodology. There are previous research results of applying this method on public transport, however, not in an integrated model, in which quality and cost considerations are pairwise compared. Thus, the conventional Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was used and the well-proven requisites of consistency and sensitivity check were analyzed. The new model was tested in a case study: surveying the public transport demand in the capital of Jordan, Amman.

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“…One of the most popular and effective methods belonging to the "multi-criteria techniques group" is Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) [63][64][65], which was first developed by Tomas Saaty in the 1970s [66] and has been under several modifications and improvements since then [67,68].…”

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Exploring Motivators and Deterrents of Cycling Tourism Using Qualitative Social Research Methods and Participative Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

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Cycling tourism is an environmentally friendly way to explore a destination. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more popular worldwide, since it permits an in-depth communication both with nature and people. In this context, the aim of this paper is to explore, in detail, mainly the environmental motivators of cycling tourists, and their significance, in Greece, by using qualitative social research (in-depth interviews and focus groups) and participative analytical hierarchical process. The results show that regarding physical environment, the element which attracts cycle tourists the most is the variety of scenic views along their route. Existence of lakes, rivers and beaches were also valued. On the contrary, “Biodiversity” and “Untouched natural landscapes” were ranked low as a description of the quality of the natural environment. However, the rise of cycling tourism depends considerably on the appropriate infrastructure, namely roads with low slopes, appropriate quality of surfaces and cycling infrastructure. Planners, policy-makers, and competent authorities should give emphasis on the critical factors in order to enhance cycling tourism, thus resulting in positive multiplying effects such as environmental protection and economic growth.

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“…Including citizens in decisions that relate to their lives will also create a kind of motivation, especially when involving them in public transportation decisions. For example, including citizens in public bus transportation decisions can help to improve bus comfort and thus attract more passengers [16,20,21].…”

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Sustainable Urban Transport Planning Considering Different Stakeholder Groups by an Interval-AHP Decision Support Model

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Sustainable urban transport requires smart and environmentally-friendly technical solutions. It also needs to meet the demands of different user groups, including current and potential future users, in order to avoid opposition of the citizens and to support sustainable development decisions. While these requirements are well-known, conducting full surveys of user needs and preferences are tedious and costly, and the interests of different user groups may be contradictory. We therefore developed a methodology based on the prevalent Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is capable of dealing with the inconsistencies and uncertainties of users’ responses by applying an Interval Analytic Hierarchy Process (IAHP) through comparing the results of passengers to reference stakeholder groups. For a case study in Mersin, a coastal city in southern Turkey with 1.7 Million inhabitants, three groups were surveyed with questionnaires: 40 users of the public transport system, 40 non-users, and 17 experts. Based on interval pairwise comparison matrices, consisting of whole judgments of all groups, the IAHP methodology could attain a consensual preference ranking for a future public transportation system between the three groups. A sensitivity analysis revealed that the factor ranking was very stable.

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Examining Pareto optimality in analytic hierarchy process on real Data: An application in public transport service development

Cited by 115 publications

References 48 publications

Evaluating Passenger Demand for Development of the Urban Transport System by an AHP Model with the Real-World Application of Amman

Evaluating Passenger Demand for Development of the Urban Transport System by an AHP Model with the Real-World Application of Amman

Exploring Motivators and Deterrents of Cycling Tourism Using Qualitative Social Research Methods and Participative Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Sustainable Urban Transport Planning Considering Different Stakeholder Groups by an Interval-AHP Decision Support Model

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