1. Validate the ordered positive TFN matrix and map every minimising criterion to a maximising one by fuzzy division.
rˉij=r~ijminir~ij=(rijUminirijL,rijMminirijM,rijLminirijU)
2. Normalise every criterion column by the fuzzy column sum (cross-bound division).
s~ij=∑i=1nr~ijr~ij=(∑irijUrijL,∑irijMrijM,∑irijLrijU)
3. Find the column maximum at each of the L, M and U points and build the three square matrices of the rows that attain them.
x~j=imaxx~ij,a~ij=x~kjj,a~jj=x~j
4. Form the fuzzy relative-loss matrices, build the three homogeneous systems and solve each for its one-dimensional null space.
p~ij=x~jx~j−a~ij,fjj=−i=1∑mp~ij,FLqT=0,FMqT=0,FUqT=0
5. Average the three point solutions into the crisp criterion weight simplex reported as the Average row of Table 5.
wj=∑k(qkL+qkM+qkU)/3(qjL+qjM+qjU)/3