Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a decision-making tool for spouse selection

Decision-making can be considered a choice, on some basis or criteria, of one alternative among set of alternatives. A decision may need to be taken on the basis of multiple criteria. When the criteria to be considered for taking a decision involves subjectivity, the decision maker would be at confusion. This is true as far as decision-making in personal life is concerned, where feelings, intuition and other biased judgements play a vital role. Here comes analytical hierarchy process (AHP) which considers subjective judgments and converts them into suitable values so that decision maker can opt for a right choice. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to apply AHP technique, which has strong mathematical basis to quantify subjective factors into numerical values, to select a suitable bridegroom. A hypothetical case has been considered which involves ten criteria and three alternatives.