Research Article

An Approach for Generating Weights Using the Pairwise Comparison Matrix

Table 11

Pairwise comparison matrices for three suppliers relative to subcriteria of C1 and their local weights.

SupplierSupplier1Supplier 2Supplier 3EM weightsModel (8)

A. Comparison of suppliers with respect to shipment quality (C11) (consistency ratio 0.0332)
Supplier 11350.6376.066
Supplier 21/3130.2582.461
Supplier 31/51/310.1051.000

B. Comparison of suppliers with respect to delivery (C12) (consistency ratio 0.0251)
Supplier 111/51/60.0811.000
Supplier 2511/20.3424.211
Supplier 36210.5777.101

C. Comparison of suppliers with respect to cost (C13) (consistency ratio 0)
Supplier 111/31/60.1001.000
Supplier 2311/20.3003.000
Supplier 36210.6006.000