A Novel Hybrid MCDM Procedure for Achieving Aspired Earned Value Project Performance
Table 4
The total-influence matrix for factors and for dimensions obtained through DEMATEL.
0.379
0.414
0.419
0.450
0.416
0.441
0.415
0.459
0.369
0.431
0.438
0.377
0.411
0.472
0.475
0.425
0.412
0.429
0.418
0.365
0.416
0.361
0.416
0.450
0.405
0.437
0.418
0.459
0.361
0.435
0.427
0.366
0.389
0.454
0.465
0.414
0.403
0.422
0.413
0.355
0.351
0.335
0.307
0.361
0.345
0.357
0.341
0.380
0.300
0.362
0.367
0.321
0.328
0.383
0.388
0.345
0.347
0.359
0.347
0.303
0.410
0.386
0.388
0.376
0.384
0.424
0.403
0.445
0.357
0.411
0.412
0.360
0.377
0.442
0.447
0.404
0.400
0.414
0.401
0.344
0.395
0.377
0.386
0.405
0.338
0.398
0.367
0.427
0.335
0.405
0.413
0.350
0.368
0.436
0.441
0.396
0.384
0.398
0.400
0.349
0.432
0.412
0.424
0.443
0.415
0.394
0.424
0.467
0.371
0.450
0.453
0.395
0.407
0.476
0.479
0.433
0.424
0.434
0.425
0.376
0.354
0.345
0.349
0.375
0.339
0.376
0.309
0.397
0.316
0.374
0.372
0.328
0.331
0.387
0.391
0.350
0.343
0.351
0.350
0.305
0.418
0.401
0.405
0.433
0.403
0.437
0.413
0.404
0.359
0.431
0.445
0.380
0.398
0.458
0.464
0.417
0.404
0.422
0.420
0.357
0.423
0.418
0.426
0.449
0.401
0.444
0.421
0.467
0.324
0.445
0.432
0.391
0.392
0.461
0.471
0.419
0.408
0.416
0.414
0.359
0.398
0.381
0.386
0.411
0.382
0.414
0.393
0.432
0.344
0.362
0.413
0.351
0.370
0.440
0.437
0.394
0.382
0.395
0.395
0.340
0.438
0.431
0.427
0.458
0.423
0.446
0.428
0.476
0.367
0.453
0.407
0.400
0.408
0.484
0.490
0.436
0.429
0.442
0.440
0.379
0.390
0.398
0.396
0.422
0.389
0.406
0.390
0.439
0.348
0.414
0.425
0.323
0.373
0.438
0.454
0.400
0.392
0.403
0.399
0.347
0.406
0.406
0.402
0.427
0.400
0.420
0.399
0.440
0.352
0.421
0.428
0.383
0.342
0.459
0.453
0.422
0.405
0.415
0.413
0.355
0.363
0.356
0.371
0.393
0.357
0.383
0.357
0.405
0.323
0.379
0.388
0.336
0.344
0.360
0.415
0.362
0.354
0.368
0.363
0.319
0.415
0.407
0.405
0.432
0.397
0.414
0.396
0.440
0.347
0.419
0.431
0.371
0.381
0.453
0.404
0.405
0.388
0.411
0.402
0.349
0.413
0.396
0.403
0.423
0.401
0.418
0.402
0.438
0.359
0.424
0.431
0.371
0.376
0.450
0.456
0.364
0.410
0.411
0.415
0.351
0.416
0.401
0.401
0.428
0.395
0.417
0.394
0.447
0.347
0.418
0.425
0.372
0.381
0.444
0.452
0.415
0.354
0.412
0.405
0.354
0.447
0.433
0.434
0.467
0.430
0.451
0.428
0.476
0.376
0.452
0.461
0.395
0.410
0.480
0.491
0.439
0.434
0.395
0.442
0.374
0.424
0.405
0.416
0.437
0.412
0.423
0.404
0.458
0.351
0.428
0.447
0.375
0.398
0.454
0.470
0.421
0.412
0.435
0.372
0.367
0.362
0.359
0.366
0.379
0.351
0.366
0.349
0.390
0.307
0.371
0.380
0.328
0.339
0.395
0.404
0.361
0.351
0.366
0.369
0.278
0.387
0.397
0.404
0.386
0.401
0.399
0.413
0.389
0.404
0.403
0.406
0.392
0.408
0.404
0.415
0.388
Note: where and denote the average influence of factor on according to and experts, respectively, and denotes the number of factors; thus, the results above are significant at a significant confidence level of 97.30% in gaps which is greater than the 95% level used to test for significance, that is, (0.027), and significant confidence level = 1 − IR = 97.30%.