Table 2.
Experts' judgment on importance of different symptoms according to the importance of each symptom.
| Linguistic variables level | Value range |
|---|---|
| Very important | (8,10] |
| Important | (6,8] |
| Semi-important | (4,6] |
| Unimportant | (2,4] |
| Very unimportant | (0,2] |
The experts evaluated the value range of the symptom weight. The larger the score is, the more important the corresponding symptom index is in the curative effect evaluation.