Title :
SaaS Vendor Selection Basing on Analytic Hierarchy Process
Author :
Yiming, Chen ; Yiwei, Zhu
Author_Institution :
Econ. & Manage. Sch., Changsha Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
Analytic hierarchy process is used to select the best SaaS vendor for enterprises. By constructing the hierarchy model, analyzing the attributes and calculating the attribute values, the decision problem with multi-objectives in selecting the best SaaS vendor for enterprises is effectively solved. An example is utilized to show the calculating process. Calculative result shows that the SaaS vendor with the highest score by the method is the best choice and the analytic hierarchy process is an effective approach for enterprises to choose the best SaaS vendor.
Keywords :
cloud computing; decision making; enterprise resource planning; SaaS vendor selection; analytic hierarchy process; decision problem; Analytical models; Business; Economics; Maintenance engineering; Security; Software; Stability analysis; Analytic hierarchy process; Evaluation attributes; SaaS vendor;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Sciences and Optimization (CSO), 2011 Fourth International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yunnan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9712-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4335-2
DOI :
10.1109/CSO.2011.232