Research Article
Supplier Evaluation Process by Pairwise Comparisons
| Code | Definition of intensity or importance | Application |
| 1 | Equal importance | Two criteria equally contribute to the objective or lack of knowledge to compare them |
| 2 | Essential or strong importance | Experience and judgments favor one criterion over another |
| 3 | Absolute importance | The highest affirmation degree of favoring one criterion over another |
| 1.4, and so forth | Intermediate judgments | When compromise is needed |
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