Table 1 Judgment matrix scale.

From: Research on safety condition assessment methodology for single tower steel box girder suspension bridges over the sea based on improved AHP-fuzzy comprehensive evaluation

Scale

Meaning

1

Two elements are of equal importance in comparison

3

In comparison, the former is slightly more important than the latter

5

In comparison, the former is significantly more important than the latter

7

In comparison, the former is strongly more important than the latter

9

In comparison, the former is extremely more important than the latter

2, 4, 6, 8

The intermediate value between the two adjacent judgments mentioned above

Reciprocal

Indicating the importance of comparing the interchangeability of the two corresponding factors