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Table 2 Fuzzy linguistic terms for decision-makers (Source: [36])

From: Selecting the most suitable organizational structure for hospitals: an integrated fuzzy FUCOM-MARCOS method

Linguistic terms

Membership function

Equally Important (EI)

(1,1, 1)

Weakly Important (WI)

(2/3, 1, 3/2)

Fairly Important (FI)

(2/5, 2, 2/3)

Very Important (VI)

(2/7, 3, 2/5)

Absolutely Important (AI)

(2/9, 4, 2/7)