.Professor Hong in the department of Business Analytics at University of Hawaii is evaluating three new textbooks for its introductory management science course, which all business students are required to take. The texts, identified by the authors, are Adams/Jones, Barnes, and Cook/Smith. The committee's selection criteria are topical coverage, readability, and cost. Following are the committee's pairwise comparisons of the three textbooks for each of the three criteria and the committee's pairwise comparisons for the criteria:

Criterion Coverage Readability Cost Coverage 3 Readability 2 Cost 1/3 1/2Coverage Textbook A B C A 1 2 B 1/2 1 C 2 4 1 Readability Textbook A B C A 1 2 1/3 B 1/2 C 3 2 1 Cost Textbook A B C A 1 3 5 B 1/3 1 2 C 1/5 1/2