A Practical Guide to Decision Support System With Analytic Hierarchy Process Method Using Python GUI & MySQL, Case Study: Determining Scholarship Recipients

Book excerpt: This book provides a practical explanation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method and its implementation in a decision support system to determine the scholarship recipients in a university. The discussion in this book is presented step-by-step, gradually, so that it will help readers understand every concept and stage of the AHP method and its implementation in decision support systems. This book is suitable for students, scholars, and researchers who want to implement the AHP method to build decision support systems using Python GUI and MySQL. The discussion in this book will provide readers with an understanding of the AHP method and how it works. Readers will be guided through each step of determining priority order using the AHP method through a case study accompanied by mathematical calculations. In addition, readers will also be guided step-by-step in implementing the AHP method in a decision support system to determine the scholarship recipients using Python GUI and MySQL. Readers will be guided step-by-step in designing a decision support system and realizing each design made using Python GUI and MySQL. The ultimate goal of this book is to enable readers to build a decision support system application independently by applying the AHP method to determine the scholarship recipients in a college using Python GUI and MySQL.