Price Safety Maintain

ability
Price 1 3 9
Safety 1/3 1 6
Maintain
1/9 1/6 1
ability

Table 2: Matrix of Pairwise Comparisons of Vendors with respect

to Price Criterion

P Q R
P 1 7 5
Q 1/7 1 1/3
R 1/5 3 1

Table 3: Matrix of Pairwise Comparisons of Vendors with respect to Safety Criterion

P Q R
P 1 3 1/3
Q 1/3 1 1/5
R 3 5 1

Table 4: Matrix of Pairwise Comparisons of Vendors with respect to Maintainability Criterion

P Q R
P 1 1/5 3
Q 5 1 9
R 1/3 1/9 1

Perform the steps of AHP and

determine the best vendor from whom
the gear box is to be procured.
Criterion
 Normalised weights of matrix of pairwise comparison of crite

Price Safety Maintain Price Safety Maintain

ability ability
Price 1.00 3.00 9.00 Price 0.69 0.73 0.56
Safety 1/3 1.00 6.00 Safety 0.23 0.24 0.38
Maintain Maintain
1/9 1/9 1.00
ability ability 0.08 0.03 0.06
Total 1.44 4.11 16.00 Total 1 1 1

Normalised weights of matrix of pairwise comparison of criteria with priority vector

Priority
Maintaina vector or Lambda_
Price Safety bility weights max 3.0666 3.082436
Consisten (Lambda_
cy max -
Price 0.69 0.73 0.56 0.6615 0.66 Index(CI) n)/(n-1) 0.041218
Random
Consisten
Safety 0.23 0.24 0.38 0.2830 0.28 cy 0.58
Consisten
Maintainabi 0.08 0.03 0.06 0.0555 0.06 cy Ratio 0.071066 7.11%
Total 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000

Since the
consisten
cy ratio is
less than
10%, the
values are
acceptabl
e
f pairwise comparison of criteria

n=no of factors
 P Q R P Q R
P 1 7 5 P 0.74 0.64 0.79
Q 1/7 1 1/3 Q 0.11 0.09 0.05
R 1/5 3 1 R 0.15 0.27 0.16
1.34 11.00 6.33 1.00 1.00 1.00

Lambda_
P Q R max 3.111464
Consisten (Lambda_
cy max -
P 0.744681 0.636364 0.789474 0.723506 Index(CI) n)/(n-1) 0.055732
Random
Consisten
Q 0.106383 0.090909 0.052632 0.083308 cy 0.58
Consisten
R 0.148936 0.272727 0.157895 0.193186 cy Ratio 0.096089 9.61%

Since the
consisten
cy ratio is
less than
10%, the
values are
acceptabl
e
 P Q R P Q R
P 1 3 1/3 P 0.23 0.33 0.22
Q 1/3 1 1/5 Q 0.08 0.11 0.13
R 3 5 1 R 0.69 0.56 0.65
4.33 9.00 1.53 1.00 1.00 1.00

Lambda_
P Q R max 3.055361
Consisten (Lambda_
cy max -
P 0.23076923 0.3333333 0.2173913 0.260498 Index(CI) n)/(n-1) 0.027681
Random
Consisten
Q 0.07692308 0.1111111 0.13043478 0.106156 cy 0.58
Consisten
R 0.69230769 0.5555556 0.65217391 0.633346 cy Ratio 0.047725 4.77%
 P Q R P Q R
P 1 1/5 3 P 0.16 0.15 0.23
Q 5 1 9 Q 0.79 0.76 0.69
R 1/3 1/9 1 R 0.05 0.08 0.08
6.33 1.31 13.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Lambda_
P Q R max 3.052109
Consisten (Lambda_
cy max -
P 0.157895 0.152542 0.230769 0.180402 Index(CI) n)/(n-1) 0.026054
Random
Consisten
Q 0.789474 0.762712 0.692308 0.748164 cy 0.58
Consisten
R 0.052632 0.084746 0.076923 0.071433 cy Ratio 0.044921 4.49%
 Option performance matrix
Price Safety Maintainability Priority vector/real value vector
P 0.723506 0.260498 0.1804021134976 0.66
Q 0.083308 0.106156 0.7481644136417 0.28
R 0.193186 0.633346 0.0714334728608 0.06

Value for money Vendor Rank

0.560506 P 1
0.129507 Q 3
0.309986 R 2
ector/real value vector