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<program provider="PUT" name="ImpreciseDEA-ValueAdditive_extremeRanks" displayName="ImpreciseDEA-ValueAdditive_extremeRanks" version="1.0" />
  <documentation>
    <description>Computes efficiency scores for the given DMUs (alternatives)  using Additive Data Envelopment Analysis Model with imprecise information.</description>
    <contact><![CDATA[Anna Labijak <support@decision-deck.org>]]></contact>
    <reference>G. Jahanshahloo, F. H. Lotfi, M. R. Malkhalifeh, and M. A. Namin. A generalized model for data envelopment analysis with interval data. 2009.</reference>
    <reference>MC. Gouveia et al. Super-efficiency and stability intervals in additive DEA. 2013</reference>
  </documentation>
  <parameters>
    <input id="units" name="units" displayName="units" isoptional="0">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of alternatives (DMUs).</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="alternatives">
        <![CDATA[<alternatives>
                        <alternative>
                            [...]
                        </alternative>
                        [...]
                    </alternatives>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </input>
    <input id="inputsOutputs" name="inputsOutputs" displayName="inputs/outputs" isoptional="0">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of criteria with specified preference direction. List has to contains at least one criterion that will be minimized (input) and at least one criterion that will be maximized (output).</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="criteria">
        <![CDATA[<criteria>
                        <criterion>
							<scale>
                                [...]
							</scale>
                            [...]
                        </criterion>
                        [...]
                    </criteria>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </input>
    <input id="performanceTable" name="performanceTable" displayName="performance" isoptional="0">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of alternatives (DMUs) minimal performances (or exact performances if intervals should be created by tolerance).</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="performanceTable">
        <![CDATA[<performanceTable>
						<alternativePerformances>
							<alternativeID> [...] </alternativeID>
							<performance>
								<criterionID>
									[...]
								</criterionID>
								<value>[...]</value>
							</performance>
							[...]
						</alternativePerformances>
						[...]
					</performanceTable>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </input>
    <input id="maxPerformanceTable" name="maxPerformanceTable" displayName="max performance" isoptional="1">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of alternatives (DMUs) maximal performances.</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="performanceTable">
        <![CDATA[<performanceTable>
						<alternativePerformances>
							<alternativeID> [...] </alternativeID>
							<performance>
								<criterionID>
									[...]
								</criterionID>
								<value>[...]</value>
							</performance>
							[...]
						</alternativePerformances>
						[...]
					</performanceTable>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </input>
    <input id="weightsLinearConstraints" name="weightsLinearConstraints" displayName="weights constraints" isoptional="defaultFalse">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of criteria linear constraints.</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="criteriaLinearConstraints">
        <![CDATA[<criteriaLinearConstraints>
						<constraint>
							<element>
								<criterionID> [...] </criterionID>
								<coefficient>
									[...]
								</coefficient>
							</element>
							[...]
							<operator>[...]</operator>
							<rhs>
								[...]
							</rhs>
						</constraint>
						[...]
					</criteriaLinearConstraints>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </input>
    <input id="methodParameters" name="methodParameters" displayName="method parameters">
      <documentation>
        <description>
          Represents method parameters.
          "tolerance" represents the fraction for creating interval data (created interval: [data*(1-tolerance), data*(1+tolerance)]),
          "transformToUtilities" means if data should be tranformed into values from range [0-1],
          "boundariesProvided" means if inputsOutputs file contains information about min and max data for each factor,
          "functionShapeProvided" means if inputsOutputs file contains information about the shapes of value function for given factor.
        </description>
      </documentation>
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    <methodParameters>
        <parameter id="tolerance">
            <value><real>%1</real></value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter id="transformToUtilities">
            <value><boolean>%2</boolean></value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter id="boundariesProvided">
            <value><boolean>%3</boolean></value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter id="functionShapeProvided">
            <value><boolean>%4</boolean></value>
        </parameter>
    </methodParameters>
]]></xmcda>
      <gui status="preferGUI">
        <entry id="%1" type="float" displayName="tolerance">
          <constraint>
            <description>The value should be non-negative.</description>
            <code><![CDATA[%1 >= 0]]></code>
          </constraint>
          <defaultValue>0.00</defaultValue>
        </entry>
        <entry id="%2" type="boolean" displayName="transform to utilities">
          <defaultValue>true</defaultValue>
        </entry>
        <entry id="%3" type="boolean" displayName="boundaries provided">
          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
        </entry>
        <entry id="%4" type="boolean" displayName="function shapes provided">
          <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
        </entry>
      </gui>
    </input>
    <output id="bestRank" name="bestRank" displayName="best rank">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of alternatives with computed best rank for each of them.</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="alternativesValues">
        <![CDATA[<alternativesValues>
						<alternativeValue>
						  <alternativeID> [...] </alternativeID>
						  <values>
                <value>
							  [...]
						    </value>
              </values>
						</alternativeValue>
						[...]
					</alternativesValues>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </output>
    <output id="worstRank" name="worstRank" displayName="worst rank">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of alternatives with computed worst rank for each of them.</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="alternativesValues">
        <![CDATA[<alternativesValues>
						<alternativeValue>
						  <alternativeID> [...] </alternativeID>
						  <values>
							  <value>
                [...]
                <value>
						  </values>
						</alternativeValue>
						[...]
					</alternativesValues>]]>
      </xmcda>
    </output>
    <output id="messages" name="messages" displayName="messages">
      <documentation>
        <description>A list of messages generated by the algorithm.</description>
      </documentation>
      <xmcda tag="methodMessages" />
    </output>
  </parameters>
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