Introduction to Management Science 12th Edition by Bernard Taylor

Exercise 38

The Bay City Parks and Recreation Department is considering building several new facilities, including a gym, an athletic field, a tennis pavilion, and a pool. It will base its decision on which facilities to build depending on projected usage (from surveys) and construction and operating costs. The department strongly prefers usage to cost as a criterion for selection. Following are the department's pairwise comparisons, reflecting its preferences for each facility for the two criteria:

Rank the facilities, using AHP, and check the pairwise comparisons for consistency.