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HIGH‐LEVEL DECISIONS: A LESSON FROM THE IRAN HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION
Author(s) -
Saaty Thomas L.,
Vargas Luis G.,
Barzilay Amos
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1982.tb00142.x
Subject(s) - decision maker , action (physics) , analytic hierarchy process , point (geometry) , business , operations research , hierarchy , process (computing) , decision process , computer science , marketing , process management , political science , law , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , operating system
We use the analytic hierarchy process to analyze the role of subjective factors in decision making as illustrated in the Iran rescue operation. Essentially, we show that a decision maker and that decision maker's advisors may differ in their estimates on whether an action should or should not be taken depending on what intangible factors the leader holds as personally important, factors that the others would not necessarily include in their thinking‐a serious point for which we provide a particularly effective methodology.