The Primitive Cognitive Network Process: Comparisons With the Analytic Hierarchy Process

This research proposes primitive cognitive network process (P-CNP), which comprises five decision processes, as an alternative of analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Two published cases using AHP are revised by P-CNP, and the validity and applicability of P-CNP are demonstrated. The comparison results indicate that AHP produces questionable results due to the ill-defined axioms of the perception of the paired difference, and suggest that the proposed P-CNP performs better than AHP in multicriteria decision-making problems.