Possibilities of using and prospects for development of the hierarchy analysis method in scientific research

The method of hierarchy analysis (AHP) has proven itself well in applying to various problems of comparative analysis, optimal choice and decision-making in the presence of many criteria of different nature (quantitative, qualitative, numerical with different dimensions, etc.). This method not only allows you to make quantitative conclusions about the effectiveness, but also to assess the reliability of these conclusions. Examples of successful use of this method are its application by both foreign and domestic scientists from management at the interstate level to solving industry and private problems in any sector of the economy. The article presents an analysis of the national database of citation of scientific publications on the topic of the hierarchy analysis method for the last four years. Explanations are given for modifications to which many articles have recently been devoted. The possibilities of using AHP and developing a number of computer packages on this basis, both foreign and domestic, as well as systems for supporting management decision-making using artificial intelligence, are noted. In the digital economy, the prospective development of AHP is possible with the introduction of neural network management information technologies.