Intensity of fuzzy scale

Definition of linguistic values

Triangular fuzzy scale

Triangular fuzzy reciprocal scale

1 ˜

Equal importance (EI)

(1, 1, 1)

(1, 1, 1)

2 ˜

Equally moderate importance

(1, 2, 3)

(1/3, 1/2, 1)

3 ˜

Moderate importance

(1, 3, 5)

(1/5, 1/3, 1)

4 ˜

Moderately strong importance

(2, 4, 6)

(1/6, 1/4, 1/2)

5 ˜

Strong importance (SI)

(3, 5, 7)

(1/7, 1/5, 1/3)

6 ˜

Strongly very strong importance

(4, 6, 8)

(1/8, 1/6, 1/4)

7 ˜

Very strong importance (VSI)

(5, 7, 9)

(1/9, 1/7, 1/5)

8 ˜

Very strongly extreme importance

(6, 8, 9)

(1/9, 1/8, 1/6)

9 ˜

Extreme importance (EXI)

(7, 9, 9)

(1/9, 1/9, 1/7)