1. CIRAS FINAL CONFERENCE
MAHP - Qualitative Criteria Assessment
Katowice, June, 8th, 2016
Peter Klein, CESS
Centre for European Security Strategies

2. Qualitative Criteria Assessment
A Utility Function based method used in other environments as well
CIRAS offers two methods to assess qualitative criteria
An innovative method developed within the project which we called MAHP
MAHP is a modification of the AHP concept introduced by Thomas Saaty in the 1990s
MAHP will be explained in more details

3. MAHP Functional Block
The MAHP FB implements a new methodology to assess and compare different security measures alternatives along non-quantifiable criteria in an more objective and reliable way than before.
This is necessary because complex security installations mostly have political, social, psychological etc. influences which are as essential as the quantifiable ones.

4. A hierarchical tree of qualitative criteria is constructed with:
MAHP Functional Block
For this comparison and assessment:
A hierarchical tree of qualitative criteria is constructed with:
The root as qualitative top goal
A subdivision into categories as nodes below the root
A further subdivision as single criteria as nodes below the categories
The security measures alternatives as leaves below the criteria
How does such a tree look like?

5. MAHP Functional Block
Construction of a MAHP tree

6. MAHP Functional Block
Main steps for assessment
What to do with this tree? We follow a unique and transparent method:
Assign to each category under the root a relative weight indicating the relevance.
Assign to each criterion under a category a relative weight in the same way indicating the relevance of this criterion.
Assign to each security measures alternative under a criterion a relative contribution (referring only to this criterion).

7. This is the heart of the MAHP method. See two examples now.
MAHP Functional Block
The assignments described before are the basis for the calculation of the total relative contribution of each alternative.
How will the assignments be done?
How will the calculations of the contributions be done?
This is the heart of the MAHP method. See two examples now.
More will be shown on our stands!

8. MAHP Functional Block

9. MAHP Functional Block

10. Thank you for your attention! Peter Klein
CESS GmbH
Co-funded by the Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks Programme of the European Union (HOME/2013/CIPS/AG/ )