Table 2.

(a) P matrix, (b) Z matrix and (c) scaling resulting from the application of the proposed procedure to the case study

S1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8SSSS
(a) P matrix
S10.5000.1950.2500.5350.1400.3050.1250.4150.5700.1400.1400.070
S20.8050.5000.4900.8050.4750.3750.2200.6200.6750.5550.2750.050
S30.7500.4900.5000.2500.5140.6150.3600.2900.1800.7600.8100.070
S40.4300.1950.2500.5000.0700.2350.0550.2500.5700.1400.0700.000
S50.8600.5250.5140.9300.5000.4000.4750.8901.0000.9450.4450.000
S60.6950.6250.6150.7650.6000.5000.5850.7800.9450.6700.6000.265
S70.8750.7800.3600.9450.5250.4150.5000.7900.9450.7900.5250.180
S80.5850.3800.2900.7500.1100.2200.2100.5000.6550.2100.1100.055
S0.4300.3250.1800.5430.0000.0550.0550.3450.5000.0000.0000.000
S0.8600.4550.7650.8600.0550.3300.2100.7901.0000.5000.0000.000
S0.8600.6950.8100.9300.5550.4000.4750.8901.0001.0000.5000.000
S0.9300.9500.9301.0001.0000.7350.8200.9451.0001.0001.0000.500
(b) Z matrix
S10.0000.8590.674−0.1761.0800.5101.1500.125−0.1761.0801.0801.476
S2−0.8590.0000.025−0.8590.062−0.3180.772−0.305−0.455−0.1250.5971.281
S3−0.675−0.0250.000−0.6740.0350.292−0.358−0.553−0.915−0.214−0.075−0.974
S40.1760.8590.6740.0001.4750.7221.5980.675−0.1761.0801.4763.000
S5−1.080−0.062−0.035−1.4750.0000.2530.063−1.227−3.000−1.5980.1383.000
S6−0.510−0.318−0.292−0.722−0.2530.000−0.215−0.772−1.598−0.439−0.2530.628
S7−1.150−0.772−0.358−1.598−0.0630.2150.000−0.806−1.598−0.806−0.0630.915
S8−0.2140.3050.553−0.6741.2270.7720.8060.000−0.3990.8061.2271.598
S0.1760.4530.9150.176−3.0001.5981.5980.3990.0003.0003.0003.000
S−1.0800.1250.214−1.0801.5980.4390.806−0.806−3.0000.0003.0003.000
S−1.080−0.5970.074−1.476−0.1380.253−0.063−1.226−3.000−3.0000.0003.000
S−1.476−1.281−0.874−3.000−3.000−0.628−0.915−1.599−3.000−3.000−3.0000.000
(c) Scaling
Σk−7.773−0.4532.23−11.56−0.9774.1085.242−6.095−17.317−3.2167.12719.924
xk−0.647−0.0370.185−0.963−0.0810.3420.437−0.508−1.443−0.2680.5941.667
yk2.564.535.251.554.395.756.063.0103.786.5610
Note(s):

Σk is the summation of the values reported in the kth column of the Z matrix; the xk values concern the interval scaling resulting from the Thurstone’s LCJ; the yk values concern the ratio scaling downstream of the anchoring in equation (4)

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