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plotAlternativesValuesPreorder

Version:1.0
Provider:RXMCDA
SOAP service’s name:
 plotAlternativesValuesPreorder-RXMCDA (see SOAP requests for details)

Description

Generates a graph representing a preorder on the alternatives, according to numerical values taken by the alternatives (the “best” alternative has the highest value).

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

Inputs

(For outputs, see below)

alternatives

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.

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <alternatives>. It must have the following form:

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

alternativesRanks

A list of <alternativeValue> representing a value taken by each alternative (the higher, the better in the preorder).

The input value should be a valid XMCDA document whose main tag is <alternativesValues>.


Outputs

messages

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

The returned value is a XMCDA document whose main tag is <methodMessages>.


alternativesValuesPlot

A string containing the base64 representation of the png image of the graph generated by the R statistical software.

The returned value is a XMCDA document whose main tag is <alternativeValue>.


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