Description:

This Master Prompt would focus on translating a real-world research or decision problem into a clearly bounded AHP decision model. It would guide researchers in defining the decision context, central problem, decision goal, unit of analysis, decision boundaries, stakeholders, decision-makers or expert groups, feasible alternatives and intended decision outputs before pairwise comparisons are undertaken.

A major emphasis would be placed on preventing poorly defined decision problems from being converted prematurely into mathematical hierarchies. Researchers would determine exactly what is being prioritized, selected, evaluated, ranked or assessed; by whom; according to what decision objective; and for what intended use. Where expert knowledge is required, the Master Prompt would guide justification of expert selection, expertise criteria, stakeholder representation and the role of literature, empirical data and professional judgment. The uploaded studies show considerable diversity in expert composition—from multidisciplinary expert panels to stakeholder workshops and large expert samples—making decision-context and participant definition an important independent stage of AHP research.