Research Article

Material Selection of Green Design Processes for Car Body via considering Environment Property

Table 1

AHP scale for combinations.

Numerical ratingDefinitionExplanation

1Equally preferredTwo activities contribute equally to the objective
3Moderately preferredExperience and judgment slightly favour one over another
5Strongly preferredExperience and judgment strongly favour one over another
7Very strongly preferredAn activity is strongly favoured and its dominance is demonstrated in practice
9Absolutely preferredImportance of one over another affirmed on the highest possible order
2, 4, 6, and 8Intermediate valuesUsed to represent compromise between the priorities listed above
Reciprocals (1/aij)A value attributed when activity i is compared to activity j becomes the reciprocal when j is compared to i