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A Person is required to buy a smart phone or an MP3 player.

The criteria on which the


products are evaluated as follows:
Color: Pink, Blue, Green, Black and Red
Memory: 8MB,16MB,32MB and 64 MB
Delivery: Immediate,5days, 4 weeks
He can choose from the following models.
Model 1: Pink,32MB,Immediate, $ 120
Model 2:Blue,16MB,Immediate,$ 120
Model 3: Black,32 MB,1 week,$ 150
Model 4: Red,64MB, 4 weeks, $ 150
The following pairwise matrices are given
Table 1
 Smart
Phone Color Memory Delivery
Color 1 1/3 1/2
Memory 3 1 1
Deliver
y 2 1 1

Table 2

Color Pink Blue Green Black Red


Pink 1 2 3 1/2 1/4
Blue 1/2 1 3 1/4 1/3
Green 1/3 1/3 1 1/7 1/7
Black 2 4 7 1 1/3
Red 4 3 7 3 1

Table 3
64M
Memory  8MB 16MB 32MB B
8MB 1.0 1/2 1/3 1/6
16MB 2.0 1.0 1/2 1/5
32MB 3.0 2.0 1.0 1/5
64MB 6.0 5.0 5.0 1.0

Table 4

Delivery Immediate One week 4


weeks
Immediate 1 2 5
One week 1/2 1 5
4 weeks 1/5 1/5 1

Perform the steps of AHP and determine the best model to be purchased.

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