Words from the Creator of the AHP


Words from the Creator of the AHP 
 
Let me take this occasion to wish this journal and its contributors my very best. It is a joyful occasion to 
have our own journal for decision making with the AHP/ANP. We have a brilliant, dedicated and 
responsible editor-in-chief in Enrique Mu.  We also have a sizeable community of scholars and users 
who can enjoy the diversity of theory, applications and practical ideas that will appear here and will 
advance the cause of decision making. I want to express my thanks to Enrique and to Senior Editor Luis 
Vargas and to Managing Editor Rozann Saaty, my wife, and to all of you who actually do the work. 
 
I feel personally proud to have received the IMPACT prize for “seminal work on the Analytic Hierarchy 
Process, and for its deployment and extraordinary impact” from the INFORMS Society in 2008. The 
recognition that led to the award came from the many applications and involvement of other people 
which created the impact over the past 30 years.  This field would not be where it is if it were not for the 
efforts of all of us.  
 
Over the coming years I will be looking forward to enjoying reading the contributions from our growing 
community.  We must not be too theoretical and lose touch with reality, nor too practical to lose the 
rigor and beauty of theory and inventive ideas. 
 
I wish every reader and every contributor the very best in creating this journal and contributing to its 
growth and widespread recognition. 
 
Thomas L. Saaty 
Creator of the AHP 
 
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