Table 2. Triangular fuzzy numbers and membership function for linguistic variables

Linguistic variables for importance Triangular fuzzy numbers Membership function
Extremely disagree (ED) (0, 0, 0.2)
Very disagree (VD) (0, 0.2, 0.4)
Disagree (D) (0.1, 0.3, 0.5)
Moderate (M) (0.3, 0.5, 0.7)
Agree (A) (0.5, 0.7, 0.9)
Very disagree (VA) (0.6, 0.8, 1)
Extremely agree (EA) (0.8, 1, 1)