Table 3: Pairwise comparison of nine-point rating scale after Saaty and Vargas (2000).
|
Importance |
Definition |
|
1 |
Equal significance |
|
3 |
Moderate significance |
|
5 |
Strong significance |
|
7 |
Very strong significance |
|
9 |
Extreme importance |
|
2,4,6,8, |
Intermediate values |
|
1/3, 1/5, 1/7, 1/9 |
Values for inverse comparison |