Web-based Decision Support System with Group Buying using Analytic Hierarchy Process

Abstract

In electronic market places, group buying is seen as an effective form of electronic commerce. When buyers cooperate with each other, a seller can discount the price of a good. In existing group buying sites, each buyer preference may not be reflected effectively. This system implements a decision support system (DSS) for group buying based on buyer’s preferences. DSS is an interactive system that provides the user with easy access to decision models and data in order to support semi-structure and/or unstructured decision making task. This system is intended to develop a computerized system for some functions of house trading. The aim of this paper is to develop the web-based decisions support system for house selection using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). The AHP appears to be a flexible decision making tool for multi-criteria problems such as selection of the best house.