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Table 2 Weights for each criterion are determined by the experts’ scores from the pairwise comparison and the AHP

From: Modelling the risk of Japanese encephalitis virus in Victoria, Australia, using an expert-systems approach

Risk factors	Experts’ weights												Consolidated weight
Risk factors	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	Consolidated weight
Precipitation	0.814	0.474	0.452	0.760	0.614	0.258	0.481	0.699	0.196	0.674	0.714	0.467	0.598
Minimum Temperature	0.072	0.474	0.476	0.144	0.268	0.637	0.114	0.237	0.311	0.101	0.143	0.067	0.230
Maximum Temperature	0.114	0.053	0.072	0.096	0.117	0.105	0.405	0.064	0.493	0.226	0.143	0.467	0.172
Consistency ratio	0.060	0.000	0.000	0.080	0.080	0.040	0.030	0.100	0.060	0.090	0.000	0.000
Climate	0.143	0.332	0.400	0.565	0.470	0.335	0.637	0.224	0.256	0.080	0.656	0.357	0.403
Proximity to piggeries	0.033	0.046	0.377	0.231	0.080	0.432	0.219	0.538	0.558	0.514	0.129	0.460	0.272
Proximity to wetlands	0.532	0.575	0.169	0.160	0.353	0.152	0.097	0.183	0.050	0.363	0.091	0.149	0.236
Human population density	0.292	0.046	0.054	0.044	0.098	0.081	0.047	0.054	0.136	0.043	0.124	0.034	0.089
Consistency ratio	0.090	0.080	0.030	0.090	0.070	0.080	0.050	0.020	0.070	0.060	0.030	0.090

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