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Like Many High School Seniors, Anne Has Several Universities to Consider

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Like many high school seniors, Anne has several universities to consider when making her final college choice. To assist in her decision, she has decided to use AHP to develop a ranking for school R, school P, and school M. The schools will be evaluated on five criteria, and Anne's pair-wise comparison matrix for the criteria is shown below.  Distance  Program  Size  Campus Climate  Cost  Distance 11/4234 Program 41456 Size 1/21/4133 Climate 1/31/51/312 Cost 1/41/61/31/21\begin{array} { c | c c c c c } & \text { Distance } & \text { Program } & \text { Size } & \text { Campus Climate } & \text { Cost } \\\hline \text { Distance } & 1 & 1 / 4 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\text { Program } & 4 & 1 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\\text { Size } & 1 / 2 & 1 / 4 & 1 & 3 & 3 \\\text { Climate } & 1 / 3 & 1 / 5 & 1 / 3 & 1 & 2 \\\text { Cost } & 1 / 4 & 1 / 6 & 1 / 3 & 1 / 2 & 1\end{array} The universities' pair-wise comparisons on the criteria are shown below.  Distance RPMRPM1231/213/21/32/31\begin{array} { l }\begin{array} { l }\text { Distance }\\R\\P\\M\end{array}&\begin{array} {| l }R&P&M\\\hline 1&2&3\\1/2&1&3/2\\1/3&2/3&1\end{array}\end{array}

 programs RPMRPM11/2121211/21\begin{array} { l }\begin{array} { l }\text { programs }\\R\\P\\M\end{array}&\begin{array} {| l }R&P&M\\\hline 1&1/2&1\\2&1&2\\1&1/2&1\end{array}\end{array}

 Size RPMRPM1421/411/21/221\begin{array} { l }\begin{array} { l }\text { Size }\\R\\P\\M\end{array}&\begin{array} {| l }R&P&M\\\hline 1&4&2\\1/4&1&1/2\\1/2&2&1\end{array}\end{array}

 Climate RPMRPM1131131/31/31\begin{array} { l }\begin{array} { l }\text { Climate }\\R\\P\\M\end{array}&\begin{array} {| l }R&P&M\\\hline 1&1&3\\1&1&3\\1/3&1/3&1\end{array}\end{array}

 Cost RPMRPM11/5151511/51\begin{array} { l }\begin{array} { l }\text { Cost }\\R\\P\\M\end{array}&\begin{array} {| l }R&P&M\\\hline 1&1/5&1\\5&1&5\\1&1/5&1\end{array}\end{array}

a.What is the overall ranking of the five criteria?
b.What is the overall ranking of the three universities?

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