Multicriteria Based Next Forwarder Selection for Data Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using Analytical Network Process

Table 2

Fundamental scale.

Intensity/level	Description
1	Equal Importance (assign equal importance to both actions, i.e., both contribute equally to objectives)
2	Intermediate values (weak or slightly importance)
3	Moderate importance (slightly support one action over another)
4	Intermediate values (moderate plus importance)
5	Strong importance (strongly support one action over another)
6	Intermediate values (strong plus importance)
7	Very strong importance (An action is supported very strongly over another)
8	Intermediate values (very strong importance)
9	Extreme importance (support one action over another with the highest confirmation level)
Reciprocal	Use reciprocal for inverse comparison; that is, if an action “A” is extremely more important than another action “B” (rated 9), then “B” is extremely less important than “A” (rated 1/9) and so on