Introduction to Management Science 12th Edition by Bernard Taylor

Exercise 71

The owners of the Blitz professional soccer team in Problem have decided to also use a scoring model, with an expanded set of criteria, to help them decide in which city-Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, or Durham-they should relocate their team. They have graded the possible cities according to the following weighted criteria:
Develop a scoring model to help the owners decide which city to select to relocate to. Based on these scoring model results and the results of the AHP model in Problem 48, which city would you recommend
Problem
The owners of the Blitz professional soccer team are disappointed in their team's home attendance, so they are considering moving to one of four cities: Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, or Durham. The criteria the owners are using to make their decision are population in the 15-40 age group, soccer interest (measured by youth, high school, and college soccer game participation and attendance), media market, entertainment and sports competition, and the proposed playing facility. Following are the owners' pairwise comparisons for the four potential cities for each of the five criteria, and the owners' pairwise comparisons for the criteria:





Using AHP determine which city the owners should select to relocate to.