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<p>A sailing yacht is a human-centred product, the design of which revolves primarily around the wants and desires of the future owner. In most cases, these preferences are not measurable, such as a personal aesthetic feeling, or a need for comfort, speed, safety etc. The aims of this paper are to demonstrate that these preferences can be classified and represented numerically, and to show that they are correlated with the type of yacht owned. As a case study, the owner’s preferences for deck equipment are considered. These are determined by pairwise comparisons of the importance rankings for features previously defined by yacht owners, following the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. As a result, a quantitative representation of these preferences is established, and they are shown to be correlated with the type of yacht. The findings of the current study show that the yacht owners’ preferences can be represented numerically, leading to a utilitarian conclusion that concerns the support and even some degree of automation of the design process.</p>
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A sailing yacht is a human-centred product, the design of which revolves primarily around the wants and desires of the future owner. In most cases, these preferences are not measurable, such as a personal aesthetic feeling, or a need for comfort, speed, safety etc. The aims of this paper are to demonstrate that these preferences can be classified and represented numerically, and to show that they are correlated with the type of yacht owned. As a case study, the owner’s preferences for deck equipment are considered. These are determined by pairwise comparisons of the importance rankings for features previously defined by yacht owners, following the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. As a result, a quantitative representation of these preferences is established, and they are shown to be correlated with the type of yacht. The findings of the current study show that the yacht owners’ preferences can be represented numerically, leading to a utilitarian conclusion that concerns the support and even some degree of automation of the design process.

Use of the AHP Method for Preference Determination in Yacht Design

Polish Maritime Research

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A sailing yacht is a human-centred product, the design of which revolves primarily around the wants and desires of the future owner. In most cases, these...

Use of the AHP Method for Preference Determination in Yacht Design

Published Online: Dec 11, 2023

Page range: 24 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2023-0055

Keywords
Yacht Design, AHP Method, Yacht User Preferences, Sailing Yacht, Human-Centred Design

© 2023 Jan Sierzputowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Use of the AHP Method for Preference Determination in Yacht Design

Published Online: Dec 11, 2023

Page range: 24 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2023-0055

KeywordsYacht Design, AHP Method, Yacht User Preferences, Sailing Yacht, Human-Centred Design

© 2023 Jan Sierzputowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Yacht Design, AHP Method, Yacht User Preferences, Sailing Yacht, Human-Centred Design