Validation of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Model of Land Suitability Analysis for Sustainable Hillside Development

This paper has described the statistical modeling approach that effectively test the
validation of Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) models such as Analytic Hierarchy
Process (AHP) method for decision-making. A pairwise comparison questionnaire was
designed to get experts opinion related with land suitability analysis of hillside
development. The collected weights of suitability criteria and sub-criteria using
questionnaire were analyzed into an Expert Choice decision support software. To validate
MCDA methods, statistical methods were used to enhance reliability of decision-making
process. This approach can be guidance to the researchers who are involved in hillside land
suitability analysis modelling.