Research Article

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Happiness Index of Nine Cities in Pearl River Delta Based on AHP

Table 2

Usage of AHP as the significance comparison scale of each standard.

Determine the scale and meaning of the matrix
Scale valueRow and column trade-off

Bij = 1The Bi is just as important as the Bj
Bij = 2Bi is slightly more important than Bj
Bij = 3Bi is significantly more important than Bj
Bij = 4Bi is much more important than Bj
Bij = 5Bi is definitely more important than Bj
Bij = 1/2Bi is slightly worse than Bj
Bij = 1/3Bi is significantly worse than Bj
Bij = 1/4Bi is much worse than Bj
Bij = 1/5Bi is absolutely worse than Bj