Analyzing and Evaluating Smart Cities for IoT Based on Use Cases Using the Analytic Network Process

Algorithm 1

Process of the proposed approach.

(a)	Plot the criteria into subparts
(b)	Qualitative scale of measure between 1 and 9
(c)	Pairwise comparison is done
(d)	Relative importance is found
(e)	Finding the principal eigenvalue and the related eigenvector of the matrix
(f)	Measuring the consistency of the matrix
(g)	Priority vector “” is calculated as follows:
(h)	λmax is the major eigenvalue of matrix “A” and “” is its eigenvector.
(i)	Calculating the consistency index (CI) and consistency random (CR) of the pairwise comparison matrix computed by the following equation:
(j)	The value of CR should be less than 0.1
(k)	Construction of the supermatrix
(l)	Conversion of the weighted supermatrix into the limit matrix
(m)	Decision based on the limit matrix