Raw Values of the Decision Matrix

Min Max Max

Fuel Horsepowe
Price
Efficiency r
2014-2018
GRAND AM 649 4.7 326
MAXIMA 749 5.5 401
MERCEDES 740 5.7 520
VOLVO 400 5.7 520
THUNDER 600 5.5 538

Best Value 400 5.7 538

Worst Value 749 4.7 326
of the Decision Matrix

Min Min

CO2
Maintenance costs
Emmisons
Normalized Decision Matrix
7.1 143 0.286533 0 0 1
7.3 192 0 0.8 0.353774 0.95
7.6 171 0.025788 1 0.915094 0.875
11.1 179 1 1 0.915094 0
8.9 152 0.426934 0.8 1 0.55

7.1 143
11.1 192
cision Matrix
1
0
0.428571
0.265306
0.816327
 Normalized Decision Matrix
Fuel Maintenance
Price Horsepower CO2 Emmisons
Efficiency costs
GRAND AM 0.286533 0 0 1 1
MAXIMA 0 0.8 0.353774 0.95 0
MERCEDES 0.025788 1 0.915094 0.875 0.428571
VOLVO 1 1 0.915094 0 0.265306
THUNDER 0.426934 0.8 1 0.55 0.816327

St. Deviation 0.406213377 0.41472882707 0.439439215722 0.41608292443 0.4062712524542

 Correlation (Symmetric) Matrix
Fuel
Price Horsepower
Efficiency
Price 1 0.170761403635 0.3614471663528
Fuel Efficiency 0.170761403634716 1 0.8515239997339
Horsepower 0.361447166352781 0.851523999734 1
Maintenance
costs -0.931978026205219 -0.51430914314 -0.6322109823643
CO2 Emmisons 0.0579154033760326 -0.68312915003 -0.2061108729693

Normalized Decision Matrix

Fuel
Price Horsepower
Efficiency
GRAND AM 0.286533 0 0
MAXIMA 0 0.8 0.353774
MERCEDES 0.025788 1 0.915094
VOLVO 1 1 0.915094
THUNDER 0.426934 0.8 1
Correlation (Symmetric) Matrix
Maintenance
CO2 Emmisons
costs
-0.931978026205219 0.0579154033760326
-0.514309143141717 -0.683129150033997
-0.632210982364342 -0.206110872969274

1 0.191655576798114
0.191655576798114 1

Normalized Decision Matrix

Maintenance
CO2 Emmisons
costs
1 1
0.95 0
0.875 0.428571
0 0.265306
0.55 0.816327
 Correlation (Symmetric) Matrix

Price Fuel Efficiency Horsepower

Price 1 0.170761403634716 0.361447166353

Fuel Efficiency
0.170761403635 1 0.851523999734

Horsepower
0.361447166353 0.851523999733889 1
Maintenance
costs -0.931978026205 -0.514309143141717 -0.63221098236

CO2 Emmisons
0.057915403376 -0.683129150033997 -0.20611087297

St. Dev. Sum values

Price 0.406213376929 4.34185405284169
Fuel Efficiency 0.414728827067 4.17515288980711
Horsepower 0.439439215722 3.62535068924695
Maintenance
0.416082924427 5.88684257491316
costs
CO2 Emmisons 0.406271252454 4.639669043
etric) Matrix
Maintenance CO2 Fuel
Price Horsepower
costs Emmisons Efficiency
-0.9319780262052 0.057915403376 0 0.8292385964 0.638552833647

-0.5143091431417 -0.68312915003 0.8292385963653 0 0.148476000266

-0.6322109823643 -0.20611087297 0.6385528336472 0.1484760003 0

1 0.191655576798 1.9319780262052 1.5143091431 1.632210982364

0.1916555767981 1 0.942084596624 1.68312915 1.206110872969

Amount of Information (cj)

1.7637191969374
1.7315562608132
1.5931212636017
2.4494146742132
1.8849641530726
 Maintenance
CO2 Emmisons SUM
costs
1.93197802620522 0.942084596623967 4.34185405284169

1.51430914314172 1.683129150034 4.17515288980711

1.63221098236434 1.20611087296927 3.62535068924695

0 0.808344423201886 5.88684257491316

0.80834442320189 0 4.63966904282913
 Amount of Information (cj)
1.76371919693736
1.73155626081324
1.59312126360168
2.44941467421319
1.884964153

SUM 9.42277554856546

Wj
Price 0.18717618687265 Thus, criterion weights are
Fuel
0.18376286815798 obtained. As can be seen, the
Efficiency
Horsepower 0.16907133735603 most important criterion has
been found to be the
Maintenanc "Maintenance Costs" criterion.
e costs 0.25994619754963
CO2
Emmisons 0.20004341006371
n weights are
can be seen, the
nt criterion has
o be the
e Costs" criterion.
 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Min Max Max Min

Maintenance
Price Fuel Efficiency Horsepower
costs

2014-2018

GRAND AM 649 4.7 326 7.1

MAXIMA 749 5.5 401 7.3

MERCEDES 740 5.7 520 7.6

VOLVO 400 5.7 520 11.1

THUNDER 600 5.5 538 8.9

627.6 5.42 461 8.4

0.2 0.2
NOW WE WILL Min Max
CALCULATE POSITIVE
DISTANCE FROM Price Fuel Efficiency
AVERAGE (PDA)
2014-2018

GRAND AM
0 0
MAXIMA 0 0.0147601476015
MERCEDES
0 0.0516605166052
VOLVO 0.3626513703 0.0516605166052
THUNDER
0.043977055449 0.0147601476015

NOW WE WILL
CALCULATE
NEGATIVE DISTANCE 0.2 0.2
FROM AVERAGE Min Max
(NDA)
Price Fuel Efficiency

2014-2018
GRAND AM 0.034098151689 0.1328413284133
MAXIMA
0.193435309114 0
 MERCEDES 0.179094964946 0
VOLVO 0 0
THUNDER 0 0

SPi SNi
NOW WE WILL GRAND AM 0.06010411333 0.0919562257385
NORMALIZE THE
VALUES OF SUM OF MAXIMA 0.029142505711 0.09410811159
PDA AND NDA MERCEDES 0.054976251653 0.040120068258
VOLVO 0.108458906665 0.0781447345963
THUNDER 0.063552124729 0.0119047619048

max 0.108458906665 0.09410811159

〖𝐴𝑆〗 _𝑖 Rankings

GRAND AM VOLVO is the best

0.7656493711762 2 alternative among
others
MAXIMA
0.63434814441176 3
MERCEDES
0.46660222956407 4
VOLVO 0.91518596684223 1
THUNDER
0.35622835260265 5
 0.2
Min

CO2 Emmisons

143

192

171

179

152

167.4

0.2 0.2 0.2

Max Min Min
Maintenance
Horsepower CO2 Emmisons
costs

NOW WE WILL
CALCULATE
0 0.1547619047619 0.145758661887694 WEIGHTED SUM
0 0.1309523809524 0 VALUE OF POSITIVE
DISTANCE FROM
AVERAGE (PDA)
0.127982646420824 0.0952380952381 0
0.127982646420824 0 0

0.167028199566161 0 0.0919952210274791

0.2 0.2 0.2

Max Min Min
Maintenance
Horsepower CO2 Emmisons
costs
NOW WE WILL
CALCULATE
0.292841648590022 0 0 WEIGHTED SUM
VALUE OF NEGATIVE
0.130151843817787 0 0.146953405017921 DISTANCE FROM
AVERAGE (NDA)
 NOW WE WILL
CALCULATE
WEIGHTED SUM
VALUE OF NEGATIVE
DISTANCE FROM
AVERAGE (NDA)
0 0 0.021505376344086
0 0.3214285714286 0.069295101553166
0 0.0595238095238 0

NSPi NSNi
0.554164846189209 0.9771338961632
0.268696288823521 1
0.506885541660203 0.4263189174679
1 0.8303719336845
0.585955793608732 0.1265009115966

VOLVO is the best

alternative among
others
 0.2 0.2 0.2
Min Max Max

Price Fuel Efficiency Horsepower

2014-2018
WILL
E GRAND AM
D SUM 0 0 0
POSITIVE MAXIMA 0 0.002952029520295 0
FROM
(PDA) MERCEDES
0 0.010332103321033 0.025596529284165
VOLVO 0.07253 0.010332103321033 0.025596529284165
THUNDER
0.008795 0.002952029520295 0.033405639913232

WILL 0.2 0.2 0.2

TE
D SUM Min Max Max
NEGATIVE
E FROM Price Fuel Efficiency Horsepower
(NDA)
 WILL
TE
D SUM
NEGATIVE
E FROM
(NDA)
2014-2018
GRAND AM 0.00682 0.026568265682657 0.058568329718004
MAXIMA 0.038687 0 0.026030368763557
MERCEDES 0.035819 0 0
VOLVO 0 0 0
THUNDER 0 0 0
 0.2 0.2
Min Min

CO2 Emmisons 〖𝑆𝑃〗 _𝑖

Maintenanc
e costs

0.03095238095 0.029151732377539 0.060104

0.02619047619 0 0.029143

0.01904761905 0 0.054976
0 0 0.108459

0 0.018399044205496 0.063552

0.2 0.2

〖𝑆𝑁〗 _𝑖
Min Min
Maintenanc
CO2 Emmisons
e costs
 0 0 0.091956
0 0.029390681003584 0.094108
0 0.004301075268817 0.04012
0.06428571429 0.013859020310633 0.078145
0.0119047619 0 0.011905