A STRATEGIC MODEL FOR SAFETY DURING THE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE:AN ANP APPLICATION

作     者：Asma M.A.BAHURMOZ 

作者机构：Jeddah21423 Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University P.O.Box 9550 

出 版 物：《Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering》 (系统科学与系统工程学报(英文版))

年 卷 期：2006年第15卷第2期

页      面：201-216页

核心收录：

学科分类：0711[理学-系统科学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 07[理学] 071102[理学-系统分析与集成] 

主　　题：Multi-criteria decision-making Analytic Network Process pilgrimage Hajj management strategic planning Saudi Arabia 

摘      要：Saudi Arabia every year receives more than two million Muslims from all over the world to perform the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. It must take place during a specific period of the year in a specific and limited space. In spite of the effort government agencies devote to this event, a variety of disasters usually take place each year. As the number of pilgrims is increasing every year the problem is becoming an alarming one. More and more resources are allocated to eliminate the occurrence of such disasters. More than one strategy has been proposed to make the Hajj as safe as possible. Knowing that the problem is very complex as it involves numerous actors, and many entangled criteria and elements, the question is which strategy is best. This paper presents the Analytic Network Process as a sound methodology for structuring the Hajj problem by designing an analytical model to find which strategy to focus on to make the pilgrimage as safe as possible.