MRSort_assignment

Version:1.0
Provider:R-MCDA
SOAP service’s name:
 MRSort_assignment-R-MCDA (see SOAP requests for details)

Description

This simplification of the Electre TRI method uses the pessimistic assignment rule, without indifference or preference thresholds attached to criteria. Only a binary discordance condition is considered, i.e. a veto forbids an outranking in any possible concordance situation, or not.

Contact: Alexandru Olteanu (alexandru.olteanu@univ-ubs.fr)

Reference: Bouyssou, D. and Marchant, T. An axiomatic approach to noncompensatory sorting methods in MCDM, II: more than two categories. European Journal of Operational Research, 178(1): 246–276, 2007.

Inputs

(For outputs, see below)

alternatives

A complete list of alternatives to be considered by the MR-Sort method.

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


categories

A list of categories to which the alternatives will be assigned.

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


performanceTable

The evaluations of the alternatives on the set of criteria.

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


categoriesProfilesPerformanceTable

The evaluations of the category profiles.

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


vetoProfilesPerformanceTable (optional)

The evaluations of the veto profiles.

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


criteria

A list of criteria on which the alternatives are evaluated. For each criterion, the preference direction should be provided.

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


criteriaWeights

The criteria weights.

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


categoriesProfiles

The categories delimiting profiles.

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


vetoProfiles (optional)

The categories veto profiles.

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


categoriesRanks

A list of categories ranks, 1 stands for the most preferred category and the higher the number the lower the preference for that category.

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


majorityThreshold

The majority threshold.

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


Outputs

alternativesAssignments

The alternatives assignments to categories.

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


messages

Messages from the execution of the webservice. Possible errors in the input data will be given here.

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


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