Question: please help me to answer this before 12:00 today let x= 7 Question 4 (Total 12 marks) A CEO of a construction company is in


please help me to answer this before 12:00 today
let x= 7
Question 4 (Total 12 marks) A CEO of a construction company is in the process of deciding a location for the new Headquarters. The three possible locations are Abu Dhabi, Sohar and Riyadh. The criteria that are most relevant in selecting the best location are rental costs, transportation infrastructure, and labor availability. The following pairwise comparison matrices were obtained. In the criteria pairwise matrix below, let X = 2+(last digit from your student ID number). Criteria Pairwise Comparisons : Rent Rent Transportation Labor Transportation Labor 2 X 4 1/4 1/2 1 ? 1 Rent Abu Dhabi Riyadh 1 7 Abu Dhabi Sohar Riyadh Sohar 6 ? 1/3 1/6 3 1/7 1 Transportation: Abu Dhabi Sohar Riyadh 1/4 Abu Dhabi Sohar Riyadh 1 1/3 4 ? 1 6 Labor: Abu Dhabi Sohar 1/5 Abu Dhabi Sohar Riyadh Riyadh 1/8 14 5 1 ? 4 1 (a) Fill in the blank spaces (marked by ?) in each of the above 4 matrices. (1 mark) (b) Compute the priorities for each pairwise comparison matrix. (7 marks) (c) Determine an overall priority for each location. Which location is preferred? (4 marks) Random Index Values for the Comparison of n items N 2 3 4 5 RI 0 0.58 0.90 1.12 6 1.24 7 1.32 8 1.41 CI = (Average - n)/(n-1) CR=CI/RIStep by Step Solution
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