Research Article

A Multicriteria Approach for the Optimal Location of Gasoline Stations Being Transformed as Self-Service in Taiwan

Table 5

Overall weights for 10 subcriteria and their weight rankings.

Criteria (facet)Facet weightSubcriteria at level 3Subcriterion weightOverall weightOverall rank

Traffic0.311Average number of cars 0.3600.1124
Average number of motorcycles0.3150.0986
Waiting time0.3250.1015

Environment0.493Average fuel consumption 0.3090.1521
Number of competitors0.1550.0767
Average swipe rate0.2750.1362
Neighborhood acceptance0.2610.1293

Building0.196Number of gas pump islands0.3660.0728
Number of gas pumps0.3350.0669
Floor area size0.2990.05910