Analytic Hierarchy Process, AHP

1. On the "AHP Template" worksheet, select the number of criteria that you would like to rank
2. Enter the names of the criteria/requirements and a title for the analysis
3. Work through the matrix comparing each of the criteria to each other (pairwise comparison
4. For each comparison, decide which is the more important and select the appropriate weighti

Increasing column importance over row Increasing row importance ov

Equal
1/9 1/8 1/7 1/6 1/5 1/4 1/3 1/2 1 2 3 4

Note: You only need to complete half the matrix, the second half (reciprocal) of the matrix is au

5. Once completed the the AHP column contains the priorities for the given criteria
6. Check the consistency index which should be 10% or less
7. Please send us your comments, suggestions or problems - we appreciate your feedback
Email: mail@scbuk.com

Simon Barnard
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9/26/2012
Simplified to remove iterative calculations 11/11/2016
a that you would like to rank (3 to 15)

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select the appropriate weighting:

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5 6 7 8 9

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the given criteria

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Analytic Hierarchy Template: n= 7 Criteria

Fundamental Scale (Row v Column)

Extremely less important 1/9
1/8
Very strongly less important 1/7
1/6
Strongly less important 1/5
1/4
Moderately less important 1/3
1/2
Equal Importance 1
2
Moderately more important 3
4
Strongly more important 5
6
Very strongly more important 7
8
Extremely more important 9

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Pairwise Comparison Matrix
Requirement 1 Requirement 2 Requirement 3
Requirement 1 1 1 1/3
Requirement 2 1 1 1
Requirement 3 3 1 1
Requirement 4 1 1/3 1
Requirement 5 1 1 7
Requirement 6 1 1 1
Requirement 7 1 1 1
Requirement 8 1 1 1
Requirement 9 1 1 1
Requirement 10 1 1 1
Requirement 11 1 1 1
Requirement 12 1 1 1
Requirement 13 1 1 1
Requirement 14 1 1 1
Requirement 15 1 1 1

Column totals 9.0000 6.3333 12.3333

Cw (Normalised)
1 0.1111111111 0.1578947368 0.027027027
2 0.1111111111 0.1578947368 0.0810810811
3 0.3333333333 0.1578947368 0.0810810811
4 0.1111111111 0.0526315789 0.0810810811
5 0.1111111111 0.1578947368 0.5675675676
6 0.1111111111 0.1578947368 0.0810810811
7 0.1111111111 0.1578947368 0.0810810811
8 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
10 0 0 0
11 0 0 0
12 0 0 0
13 0 0 0
14 0 0 0
15 0 0 0
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Requirement 4 Requirement 5 Requirement 6 Requirement 7 Requirement 8

1 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 1
1 1/7 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 9 3 1
1 1/9 1 1 1
1 1/3 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1

9.0000 4.5873 15.0000 9.0000 0.0000

0.1111111111 0.2179930796 0.0666666667 0.1111111111 0

0.3333333333 0.2179930796 0.0666666667 0.1111111111 0
0.1111111111 0.0311418685 0.0666666667 0.1111111111 0
0.1111111111 0.2179930796 0.0666666667 0.1111111111 0
0.1111111111 0.2179930796 0.6 0.3333333333 0
0.1111111111 0.0242214533 0.0666666667 0.1111111111 0
0.1111111111 0.0726643599 0.0666666667 0.1111111111 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Requirement 9 Requirement 10 Requirement 11 Requirement 12 Requirement 13
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1

0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Requirement 14 Requirement 15 AHP Consistency check
1 1 1 0.115 11.5% Check your results
1 1 2 0.154 15.4% 16%
1 1 3 0.127 12.7%
1 1 4 0.107 10.7%
1 1 5 0.300 30.0%
1 1 6 0.095 9.5%
1 1 7 0.102 10.2%
1 1 8 0.000 0.0%
1 1 9 0.000 0.0%
1 1 10 0.000 0.0%
1 1 11 0.000 0.0%
1 1 12 0.000 0.0%
1 1 13 0.000 0.0%
1 1 14 0.000 0.0%
1 1 15 0.000 0.0%

0.0000 0.0000
AHP-1 CA
0 0 0.115 1.032319
0 0 0.154 0.976411
0 0 0.127 1.572218
0 0 0.107 0.966479
0 0 0.300 1.375542
0 0 0.095 1.421137
0 0 0.102 0.914966
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
Consistency check
Check your results
16%

Lambda CI CI/RI
8.2590721089 0.20984535 0.1589737511
Randomness Index,RI
3 0.58 1.32
4 0.9
5 1.12
6 1.24
7 1.32
8 1.41
9 1.45
10 1.51
11 1.52
12 1.54
13 1.56
14 1.58
15 1.59
Analytic Hierarchy Template: n= 4 Criteria

Fundamental Scale (Row v Column)

Extremely less important 1/9
1/8
Very strongly less important 1/7
1/6
Strongly less important 1/5
1/4
Moderately less important 1/3
1/2
Equal Importance 1
2
Moderately more important 3
4
Strongly more important 5
6
Very strongly more important 7
8
Extremely more important 9

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Pairwise Comparison Matrix
Weight Robustness Appearance
Weight 1 1/2 3
Robustness 2 1 6
Appearance 1/3 1/6 1
Comfort 4 1/2 4
Requirement 5 1 1 1
Requirement 6 1 1 1
Requirement 7 1 1 1
Requirement 8 1 1 1
Requirement 9 1 1 1
Requirement 10 1 1 1
Requirement 11 1 1 1
Requirement 12 1 1 1
Requirement 13 1 1 1
Requirement 14 1 1 1
Requirement 15 1 1 1

Column totals 7.3333 2.1667 14.0000

Cw (Normalised)
1 0.1363636364 0.2307692308 0.2142857143
2 0.2727272727 0.4615384615 0.4285714286
3 0.0454545455 0.0769230769 0.0714285714
4 0.5454545455 0.2307692308 0.2857142857
5 0 0 0
6 0 0 0
7 0 0 0
8 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
10 0 0 0
11 0 0 0
12 0 0 0
13 0 0 0
14 0 0 0
15 0 0 0
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Comfort Requirement 5 Requirement 6 Requirement 7 Requirement 8

1/4 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1
1/4 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1

3.5000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

0.0714285714 0 0 0 0
0.5714285714 0 0 0 0
0.0714285714 0 0 0 0
0.2857142857 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Requirement 9 Requirement 10 Requirement 11 Requirement 12 Requirement 13
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1

0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Requirement 14 Requirement 15 AHP Consistency check
1 1 0.163 Consistency OK
1 1 0.434 9%
1 1 0.066
1 1 0.337
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000
1 1 0.000

0.0000 0.0000
AHP-1 CA
0 0 0.163 1.196886
0 0 0.434 0.939394
0 0 0.066 0.928322
0 0 0.337 1.179196
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0
Consistency check
Consistency OK
9%

Lambda CI CI/RI
4.2437978688 0.08126596 0.090295507
Randomness Index,RI
3 0.58 0.9
4 0.9
5 1.12
6 1.24
7 1.32
8 1.41
9 1.45
10 1.51
11 1.52
12 1.54
13 1.56
14 1.58
15 1.59