Table 7 Sensitive value clustering analysis.

From: Development of carbon finance in China based on the hybrid MCDM method

K values corresponding to different clustering features

Q-value Ranking

\(0 \;<\; k\; <\; 0.186638\)

Beijing > Guangdong > Shenzhen > Shanghai > Hubei > Fujian > Tianjin > Chongqing

\(0.186638\; <\; k\; <\; 0.809853\)

Beijing > Guangdong > Shenzhen > Shanghai > Hubei > Tianjin > Fujian > Chongqing

\(0.809853\; <\; k\; <\; 1\)

Guangdong > Beijing > Shenzhen > Shanghai > Hubei > Tianjin > Fujian > Chongqing