convertAlternativesRanksToAlternativesComparisons

Provider:RXMCDA Version:1.0

Description

-Contact: Patrick Meyer (patrick.meyer@telecom-bretagne.eu)

Converts ranks of alternatives into alternatives comparisons.

Inputs

separationThreshold

Description:

Indicates the separation threshold between two consecutive alternatives.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: methodParameters

-Code:

<methodParameters>
    <parameter
         name="separationThreshold"> <!-- REQUIRED  -->
        <value>
            <integer>%1</integer>
        </value>
    </parameter>
</methodParameters>

GUI information:

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

-Name: separationThreshold

-Constraint description: The value should be a positive float.

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alternatives

Description:

A list of alternatives. Alternatives can be activated or desactivated via the <active> tag (true or false). By default (no <active> tag), alternatives are considered as active.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: alternatives

-Code:

<alternatives>
    <alternative>
        <active>[...]</active>
        [...]
    </alternative>
    [...]
</alternatives>

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alternativesRanks

Description:

A list of alternatives ranks (numerical values). The best alternative has the lowest rank. .

XMCDA related:

-Tag: alternativesValues

-Code:

<alternativesValues mcdaConcept="alternativesRanks">
    <alternativeValue>
        [...]
    </alternativeValue>
    [...]
</alternativesValues>

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Outputs

messages

Description:

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: methodMessages

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alternativesOrder

Description:

A valued relation relative to the preorder of the alternatives. A numeric <value> indicates a minimal preference threshold for each <pair> of the relation. One <pair> represents a constraint of the type “alternative a is preferred to alternative b with preference threshold delta”.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: alternativesComparisons

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