Verification and validation of decision support software: Expert Choice{trademark} and PCM{trademark}
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States), Q Nguyen, USDOE, Washington, DC (United States), J Martin · 1994
This report documents the verification and validation of two decision support programs: EXPERT CHOICE{trademark} and PCM{trademark}. Both programs use the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) -- or pairwise comparison technique -- developed by Dr. Thomas L. Saaty. In order to provide an independent method for the validating the two programs, the pairwise comparison algorithm was developed for a standard mathematical program. A standard data set -- selecting a car to purchase -- was used with each of the three programs for validation. The results show that both commercial programs performed correctly.