---
name: weight-elicitation
description: Determine criteria weights using AHP, Swing, BWM, MACBETH, or Simos methods.
used-by: multi-criteria-scoring
---
# Weight Elicitation
**Purpose:** Determine relative weights for evaluation criteria through structured methods, supporting AHP, Swing, BWM, MACBETH, Simos, and other weighting methods.
**When to use:**
- Need to determine criteria importance ranking and quantified weights
- Multiple stakeholders disagree on weights
- Need to compare result differences across weighting methods
## Budget
| Base SOP | Target | ±10% Range |
|----------|--------|------------|
| criterion-definition | 5-8 criteria | 4-9 |
| weight-elicitation-sop | ≥2 methods | 2-3 |
| rank-comparison | 1 comparison | 1 |
## State Ledger
```yaml
strategy: weight-elicitation
status: pending
criteria_defined: false
method_1: null
method_2: null
weights_1: []
weights_2: []
compared: false
final_weights: []
```
## Available Tactics
- **multi-method-triangulation** — Multi-method comparison to ensure weight robustness
## Available SOPs
### Import
- criterion-definition
- weight-elicitation-sop
- rank-comparison
### Subagent
- method-sensitivity-report
## Execution Guidance
1. Invoke criterion-definition to confirm criteria to be weighted
2. Select >=2 weighting methods (recommended: AHP + BWM or Swing + Simos)
3. Invoke weight-elicitation-sop separately for each method to compute weights
4. Invoke rank-comparison to compare weight ranking consistency
5. If significant differences exist, analyze causes and select the most suitable method for the scenario
6. Output final weight vector
## Output Format
```markdown
## Weight Determination Results
### Weight Comparison
| Criterion | AHP Weight | BWM Weight | Average | Difference |
|-----------|------------|------------|---------|------------|
### Consistency Check
- AHP CR: [value] (< 0.1 ✓)
- BWM ξ*: [value]
### Final Weights
| Criterion | Weight | Rank |
|-----------|--------|------|
### Method Selection Rationale
[Why the chosen method's weights are used as the final result]
```