Research Article

An Approach for Generating Weights Using the Pairwise Comparison Matrix

Table 12

Pairwise comparison matrices for three suppliers relative to subcriteria of C2 and their local weights.

SupplierSupplier 1Supplier 2Supplier 3EM weightsModel (8)

A. Comparison of suppliers with respect to the number of employees (C21) (consistency ratio 0.0032)
Supplier 111/31/50.1091.000
Supplier 2311/20.3092.823
Supplier 35210.5825.313

B. Comparison of suppliers with respect to organization structure (C22) (consistency ratio 0.0462)
Supplier 11460.6917.526
Supplier 21/4130.2182.373
Supplier 31/61/310.0911.000

C. Comparison of suppliers with respect to the number training (C23) (consistency ratio 0.0462)
Supplier 11460.6917.526
Supplier 21/4130.2182.373
Supplier 31/61/310.0911.000

D. Comparison of suppliers with respect to the number of technical staff (C24) (consistency ratio 0.0032)
Supplier 111/320.2301.882
Supplier 23150.6485.313
Supplier 31/21/510.1221.000