- The document describes a study that used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to select the best conceptual design for a Micro Hot-Marking Tool (HMT) out of four alternatives.
- AHP involved constructing a hierarchy of criteria and sub-criteria, performing pairwise comparisons, and calculating priority vectors to determine that Concept 2 had the highest score and was the best design concept.
- The consistency ratio was less than 0.1, validating the AHP analysis and confirming that Concept 2 should be selected for the next design stage of developing the HMT.