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. 2023 Jun 5;88:101614. doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101614

Table 3.

Linguistic term in PFN 1–9 scale.

Linguistic Terms 1-9 Scale Pentagonal fuzzy number
Equally Important 1 (1,2,2,3,5)
Moderately Important 3 (3,4,5,6,7)
Strongly Important 5 (3,6,6,7,9)
Very Strongly Important 7 (5,6,7,8,9)
Absolutely Important 9 (7,8,9,9,10)
Moderately not Important 1/3 (1/7,1/6,1/5,1/4,1/3)
Strongly not Important 1/5 (1/9,1/7,1/6,1/6,1/3)
Very Strongly not Important 1/7 (1/9,1/8,1/7,1/6,1/5)
Absolutely not Important 1/9 (1/10,1/9,1/9,1/8,1/7)