Table 6.

Monte Carlo simulation: AHP-based versus Rank order-based decision priorities

	AHP priority		Rank-based priority	AHP-Rank priority difference
n = 10,000 iterations
Four Ranked Criteria	Mean	95% CI	Value	Mean	95% CI
Criterion Rank 1	0.608	0.606 to 0.609	0.52	0.0875	0.0864 to 0.0887
Criterion Rank 2	0.253	0.252 to 0.254	0.27	−0.0174	−0.0184 to −0.0163
Criterion Rank 3	0.099	0.0984 to 0.0996	0.15	−0.051	−0.0516 to −0.0504
Criterion Rank 4	0.0408	0.0405 to 0.0410	0.06	−0.0192	−0.0195 to 0.0190
Three Ranked Criteria
Criterion Rank 1	0.693	0.692 to 0.695	0.61	0.0831	0.0817 to 0.846
Criterion Rank 2	0.231	0.229 to 0.232	0.28	−0.0495	−0.0509 to −0.0481
Criterion Rank 3	0.0764	0.0757 to 0.0770	0.11	−0.0336	−0.0343 to −0.0330