Balt, Karel Dawid2017-04-102017-04-102016Balt, Karel Dawid (2015) A methodology for implementing the analytical hierarchy process to decision-making in mining, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/22335>http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22335A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfilment for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Johannesburg 2015The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a Multi Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) tool, which has gained wide acceptance in all disciplines in science and engineering. Although it has been used in mining engineering applications, it is only recently gaining significant momentum in the mining industry. Given its simplicity, it may seem surprising that it has not received wide acceptance, but this is probably due to a lack of both publicity and a user-friendly methodology. This report introduces a simple methodology that can be employed by anyone who possesses basic knowledge of arithmetic and spreadsheets, without having to know or understand fully the mathematics that the process is based on.Online resource (135 leaves)enDecision making--Mathematical modelsComputer software--DevelopmentThesis