Table 5 Relative importance meaning of pairwise value

1

The relative importance of \(A_{i}\) and \(A_{j}\) is equal

3

\(A_{i}\) is moderately more important than \(A_{j}\)

5

\(A_{i}\) is strongly more important than \(A_{j}\)

7

\(A_{i}\) is much more strongly important than \(A_{j}\)

9

\(A_{i}\) is extremely more strongly important than \(A_{j}\)

2, 4, 6, 8

The relative importance between 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 in turns