Application of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to analyze the importance of bamboo charcoal quality indicators

In this study, we analyzed the priority among important evaluation dimensions and indicators of bamboo charcoal quality, which originally was offered in 2005. Through manipulated and analyzed using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), 7 main uses of related bamboo charcoal products, 4 management criteria and variable numbers of evaluation indicators were structured into an evaluation framework with a total of 4 hierarchy levels. The main results showed that the importance sequence of quality evaluation dimensions and indictors of bamboo charcoal products were determined on their uses. It is not necessary using the same evaluation dimensions and indictors to evaluate product quality of bamboo charcoal for its all uses. In which all the uses, the use for human diet was regarded as the most necessary to be evaluated among the related uses of bamboo charcoal products. The “material supply” was regarded as the most-important evaluation criteria in the management sections with respect to each use of bamboo charcoal.