plotGaiaPlane

Provider:RXMCDA Version:1.0

Description

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

-Reference:

J.P. Brans and B. Mareschal. PROMETHEE Methods. In J. Figueira, S. Greco, and M. Ehrgott, editors,Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: State of the Art Surveys, pages 163-196. Springer Verlag, Boston, Dordrecht, London, 2005.

Generates the Gaia Plane from decomposed Promethee flows (a.k.a Promethee profiles).

Inputs

criteria

Description:

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

XMCDA related:

-Tag: criteria

-Code:

<criteria>
    <criterion>
        <active>[...]</active>
        [...]
    </criterion>
    [...]
</criteria>

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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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prometheeProfiles

Description:

A performance table containing the single criterion net flows or Promethee profiles. The evaluations should be numeric values, i.e. <real>, <integer> or <rational>.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: performanceTable

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criteriaWeights

Description:

The weights of the criteria. They should sum up to one, however, if not, they are automatically normalized.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: criteriaValues

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Outputs

messages

Description:

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: methodMessages

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GaiaPlanePlot

Description:

A string containing the base64 representation of the png image of the Gaia plane..

XMCDA related:

-Tag: alternativeValue

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