层次分析法(The analytic hierarchy process)简称AHP，在20世纪70年代中期由美国运筹学家托马斯·塞蒂(T.L.Saaty)正式提出。它是一种定性和定量相结合的、系统化、层次化的分析方法。(The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was formally proposed in The mid-1970s by American operational research scientist T.L.S. aaty. It is a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis, systematic and hierarchical analysis.)