Attributes-Based Decision Making for Selection of Requirement Elicitation Techniques Using the Analytic Network Process

Table 3

Saaty’s scale of judgment for the elements.

Definition	Explanation	Intensity of values
Equal importance	Two factors contribute equally to the objective.	1
Somewhat more important	Experience and judgment slightly favor one over the other.	3
Much more important	Experience and judgment strongly favor one over the other.	5
Very much more important	Experience and judgment very strongly favor one over the other. Its importance is demonstrated in practice.	7
Absolutely more important	The evidence favoring one over the other is of the highest possible validity.	9
Intermediate values	When compromise is needed.	2,4,6,8