PrometheeFlows

Provider:J-MCDA Version:0.5.1

Description

• Contact: Olivier Cailloux <olivier.cailloux@ecp.fr>
• Web page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/j-mcda/
• Reference: Cailloux, Olivier. Electre and Promethee MCDA methods as reusable software components. In Proceedings of the 25th Mini-EURO Conference on Uncertainty and Robustness in Planning and Decision Making (URPDM 2010). Coimbra, Portugal, 2010.

Computes Promethee flows (net flows, positive flows, or negative flows).

Inputs

alternatives

-Optional: yes, enabled by default

Description:

The alternatives to consider. Set some alternatives as inactive (or remove them) to ignore them.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternatives

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preference

Description:

The preference relation from which to compute flows.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternativesComparisons

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flow_type

Description:

The type of flow to compute: positive, negative or net.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodParameters

• Code:

  <methodParameters>
     <parameter>
           <value>
              <label>%1</label>
           </value>
     </parameter>
  </methodParameters>
  

GUI information:

• Status: define parameter value via XMCDA file or input by hand, by default via input by hand.

• Name: flow_type

  • Possible values:

    • POSITIVE : The positive flow. (item0)
    • NEGATIVE : The negative flow. (item1)
    • NET : The net flow. (item2)

  • Default value: item0

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Outputs

flows

Description:

The flows computed from the given data.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternativesValues

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messages

Description:

A status message.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: methodMessages

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For further technical details on the web service underlying this program, have a look at its documentation here.