Steps in FDM |
Purpose |
Step 1: Identifying the number of experts |
Ten experts were identified according to their area of expertise respectively in order to ascertain the data's validity and reliability. |
Step2: Selecting linguistic scale |
Chosen on a 5-point scale |
Step3: Getting the average value |
To calculate each expert's average deviation (d), the threshold d value is chosen. |
Step 4: Determining the value of d |
The threshold value (d) indicates expert consensus. The expert group's consensus d must surpass 75% for each item category to be approved. |
Step5: Fuzzy evaluation process |
Defuzzification relies on a certain set of triangular fuzzy integers, which may be obtained by a specific procedure. |
Step6: Defuzzification process |
To arrange everything according to the highest score obtained during the Defuzzification procedure. |