Table 8. Z-APOA for subtask T1-EPC1 (considered β = 0.5).

Expert	Opinion				Reliability
E1	M		(0.4, 0.5, 0.5, 0.6)		VL	(0, 0.1, 0.2)
E2	ML		(0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5)		H	(0.6, 0.75, 0.9)
E3	MH		(0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8)		H	(0.6, 0.75, 0.9)
E4	VL		(0, 0, 0.1, 0.2)		VH	(0.8, 0.9, 1.0)
E5	L		(0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.3)		M	(0.3, 0.5, 0.7)
E6	L		(0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.3)		VH	(0.8, 0.9, 1.0)
• Transform confidence level (α) into the experts’ opinion (using Eq 3)
E1	0.1		E4	0.9
E2	0.75		E5	0.5	E1 = (0 + 0.1 + 0.2)/3) = 0.1
E3	0.75		E6	0.9
• Add weight of confidence level (α) to the experts’ opinions (using Eq 4)
E1	(0.126, 0.354, 0.158, 0.190)
E2	(0.173, 0.260, 0.346, 0.433)		$E1=\sqrt{0.1}\times \left(0.4,0.5,0.5,0.6\right)=\left(0.126,0.354,0.158,0.190\right)$
E3	(0.520, 0.520, 0.606, 0.693)
E4	(0.00, 0.00, 0.095, 0.190)
E5	(0.141, 0.141, 0.141, 0.212)
E6	(0.190, 0.190, 0.190, 0.285)
S (1–2)	0.872	AA (E1)	0.801	W1	0.170
S (1–3)	0.497	AA (E2)	0.775	W2	0.151
S (1–4)	0.819	AA (E3)	0.612	W3	0.132
S (1–5)	0.936	AA (E4)	0.841	W4	0.151
S (1–6)	0.882	AA (E5)	0.774	W5	0.170
S (2–3)	0.625	AA (E6)	0.778	W6	0.226
S (2–4)	0.691	RA (E1)	0.175	C (E1)	0.172
S (2–5)	0.808	RA (E2)	0.169	C (E2)	0.160
S (2–6)	0.881	RA (E3)	0.134	C (E3)	0.133
S (3–4)	1.000	RA (E4)	0.183	C (E4)	0.167
S (3–5)	0.433	RA (E5)	0.169	C (E5)	0.169
S (3–6)	0.506	RA (E6)	0.170	C (E6)	0.198
S (4–5)	0.883
S (4–6)	0.810	a1	a2	a3	a4	APOA
S (5–6)	0.810	0.180	0.233	0.241	0.318	0.245