Research Article
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 |
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