Sample Models
Personal decisions
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Model 7.1: ANP BOCR - Determining a Career Path upon Finishing an MBA
The Best Career Decision model was developed to evaluate potential career choices. The alternatives are: (1) Stay at current job, (2) Start a better job, and (3) Start a business.
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Model 7.2: ANP BOCR - Finding the Best Job (2011)
The model that has been developed for this project applied job criteria from four main areas of consideration: Company, Position, Benefits, and Logistics.
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Model 7.3: AHP - Apartment Selection
The apartment selection model for personal decision of renting an apartment. The model is a SuperDecisions software sample model.
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Model 7.4: AHP - Car Selection
This model is a SuperDecisions software sample model. In this model, AHP is used to make a decision of car selection.
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Model 7.5: ANP BOCR - Best Weight Loss Plan
This model is a SuperDecisions software sample model. The purpose of this model was to fulfill the goal of determining what the best diet was among four alternatives: Atkins, South Beach, Slim Fast, and Weight Watchers.
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Model 7.6: AHP - House Selection
This model is a SuperDecisions software sample model. In this model, AHP is used to select a house.
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Model 7.7: AHP - School Selection
This model is a SuperDecisions software sample model. In this model, AHP is used to select a school.
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Model 7.8: AHP - Vacation Selection
This model is a SuperDecisions software sample model. In this model, AHP is used to select a vacation destination.
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Model 7.9: AHP Ratings- Apartment Selection
SuperDecisions software sample model. Apartment selection using AHP with ratings.
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Model 7.10: ANP BOCR - Best Web Browser
SuperDecisions software sample model. This model was used to choose the best web browser from : Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari.
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Model 7.11: AHP Ratings- House Selection
SuperDecisions software sample model. Selecting house using AHP with ratings.
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Model 7.12: AHP Ratings - Vacation Selection
SuperDecisions software sample model. Selecting vacation location using AHP with ratings.
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Model 7.13: ANP BOCR - Schooling
There has been a long running and long standing question in the United States about the best educational methods for children. Some parents swear by the public school systems, some say that Home Schooling is the only way to protect your children, and some say that schooling should be done by the most highly trained, highly specialized people and that can only be accomplished through privatization.
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Model 7.14: AHP - Best transportation mode for traveling in New Zealand
This model is about traveling in New Zealand and the problem is what travel mode to use best for exploring the country. The goal is to find the best transportation mode for traveling in New Zealand. There are different alternatives: either rent a car or a RV/Camper or travel by bus.
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Model 7.15: AHP - Child care program selection
The three alternative all represented viable options. First, the University Child Development Center. Second, Milestones Child Care: a privately owned program that had a solid reputation with over several decades of service. Finally, homeschooling.
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Model 7.16: AHP - Place to see the Northern Lights
In order to see the Northern Lights in my next vacation, the model helps to decide which place among 5 different options (Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia) will provide me the best experience.
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Model 7.17: AHP - Labor Day weekend vocation selection
The goal of this personal decision model is to choose a preferred alternative for our 5-night Labor Day weekend girls’ vacation.
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Model 7.18: AHP - Wedding venue selection
The goal is to pick the venue for the wedding reception from three venues types (alternatives) we found: Resort, Hotel, or Studio.
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Model 7.19: AHP - What is the best career path post-graduation
This model is about post-graduation career choices. Considerations for the alternatives and their criterion are based on a career in Pittsburgh, PA and the surrounding region.
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Model 7.20 AHP Ratings - Place to see the Northern Lights
This is a Ratings Model used to decide about the best destination to see the Northern Lights during the winter.
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Model 7.21: AHP Ratings - Vacation
This ratings model is used to select the best vocation destination.
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Model 7.22: AHP Ratings - Wedding venue selection
The goal of the model is to pick a wedding venue from alternatives of Studio, Resort and Hotel.
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Model 7.23: AHP Ratings - What is the best career path post-graduation
Career considerations in this model are based on positions typical of Pittsburgh, PA and the surrounding region. The ratings model is used to decide seeking jobs in a law firm, a corporate legal department, or a government legal organization
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Model 7.24: ANP - Career path selection
Personal Decision: What is the best career path post-graduation and how do the results of an Analytical Network Process (ANP) vary from that of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Model?
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Model 7.25: AHP Ratings - Graduate School Selection
Selecting a gradute school by Ratings model. The model shows that the biggest influence on the decision is the Growth criteria.
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Model 7.26: AHP Ratings - Select the best countertop material
The goal of the model is to select the best countertop material. Criteria included cost, appearance, durability, and maintenance.
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Model 7.27: AHP Ratings - Where to go on vacation
The goal of the model is to decide where to go on vocation for personal choices. The first option was a trip to Ocean City, the second a cruise, the third was an all-inclusive in the Caribbean and finally a trip overseas to Europe.
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Model 7.28: AHP Ratings - Where to live in Pittsburgh?
There were 3 main options that I was looking at which were stay in the Strip District, move to Mount Washington or move to Robinson.
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Model 7.29: ANP - Grocery Store Selection
Around the Shadyside/East Liberty area in Pittsburgh, there are several choices to grocery shop. This model quantifies the choices: which grocery store is the best to go to?
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Model 7.30: ANP - Hotel selection in New York City
Using ANP to select a hotel that I would be staying at for staying three nights in Manhattan.
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Model 7.31: ANP - Countertop selection
Using ANP to select the best countertop material.
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Model 7.32: ANP BOCR - Evaluating Lease Renewal and Moving Scenarios
This is a model to evaluate lease renewal and moving scenarios. Various factors that would influence our decision making on whether or not to renew our lease were considered and our most important Strategic Criteria would involve the apartment’s Safety, Location, Financial Obligation, and Efforts.
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Model 7.33: ANP BOCR - Purchasing a 2013 Motorcycle
The purpose of this model was to determine the best motorcycle choice among three alternatives.
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Model 7.34: ANP BOCR - Choosing the Best Career Path
This model attempts to analyze the choices available to one student upon graduation from an MBA program.
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Model 7.35: ANP BOCR - Choosing an MBA Program from Abroad
This analysis follows the process that an Indonesian woman took after being accepted by three schools around the world.
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Model 7.36: ANP BOCR - Improving the MBA Program Ranking at Katz
The goal of this analysis was to combine these specific criteria with other experience-based findings in order to learn the best course for improving the ranking of the Katz School.
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Model 7.37: ANP BOCR - Selecting the Best College Savings Option
There are several different ways to save money and for some families it is difficult to determine the best savings plan. This study analyzes four such options in order to find the ideal method of saving.
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Model 7.38: ANP BOCR - Investing in the Oil and Gas Sub-Sector
This analysis looks at which of those industries would be the best vehicle for investment.
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Model 7.39: ANP BOCR - Selecting the Best Biotech Stock for Investment
The goal of this analysis was to predict the best performing stock among three biotech companies, each of which has different strategies and product lines.
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Model 7.40: ANP BOCR - Long-Term Investment in the Search Engine Industry
The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate market-leading search engine companies and decide which one held the most value for a long-term investor.
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Model 7.41: ANP BOCR - Predicting the Analyst Rating for Starbucks Stock
As one of the most well-known coffee establishments around, Starbucks seems to have a large customer base and high brand loyalty. This analysis looks into the financial aspects of the company to determine whether its stock would be a good investment.
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Model 7.42: ANP BOCR - Investing in the Industrial Sector
The goal of this analysis was to select the most favorable subgroup for investment in the industrial sector.
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Model 7.43: ANP BOCR - Automobile Fuel Source Investment
This analysis seeks to predict the best investment option among the various automobile fuel sources.
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Model 7.44: ANP BOCR - Choosing an MBA Program
There are numerous Management of Business Administration (MBA) programs around the country and several are located in the Pittsburgh area. Some offer a traditional two-year course of study while others focus on an accelerated one-year or 11-month program. All schools offer a part-time and Executive MBA program. Several factors effect a student's decision to attend graduate school. Pittsburgh is home to two of the finest universities in the United States: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pittsburgh. The goal of this project is to decide which graduate school and which type of MBA program to attend.
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Model 7.45: ANP BOCR - Should Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Submit a Proposal for the Final Design of State Route 22 in Westmoreland County? (2003)
TPENNDOT’s consultant selection process takes into account not only an engineering firm’s fee and capabilities, but also other factors that are politically based. For these reasons, Baker must analyze a project to determine if it is economically feasible to submit a proposal.
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Model 7.46: ANP BOCR - Best Career (2001)
Happiness is defined as having a job, being financially wealthy, having security, time with family, and low stress job. This project is about selecting the best profession for a certain individual.
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Model 7.47: ANP BOCR - Choosing a Career Path (1999)
The questions that must be asked are: What do want to achieve in life? What career path will provide the challenges and results that we are seeking? With this underlying premise, it was decide to create a customizable model that would allow an individual to identify what is important (values), the relative weights of the values (beliefs), and the potential outcomes (goals) in the areas of Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks.
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Model 7.48: ANP BOCR - High school Basketball Post-Grad Opportunities (2020)
The goal of this work is to determine what the best option for a highly rated basketball player after high-school is.
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Model 7.49: ANP BOCR - To Determine which degree(s) to pursue (2016)
The goal of this model is to determine which degree to pursure:MBA, MBA/MSMSE or Quit!
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Model 7.50: ANP BOCR - Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood (2016)
Being from Pittsburgh, the neighborhoods have always been a big part of my life and one of the reasons I love this city so much. So when it comes down to where I want to move to next year, it is a big decision.