Promethee1Ranking

Version:1.0
Provider:RXMCDA
SOAP service’s name:
 Promethee1Ranking-RXMCDA (see SOAP requests for details)

Description

Calculates the Promethee 1 ranking from the positive and the negative flows.

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, 163-195, Springer Verlag, Boston, Dordrecht, London, 2005, ISBN 038723067X (p.173, Formula 5.15).

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>

negativeFlows

A list of <alternativeValue> in an <alternativesValues> containing the negative flow of each alternative. The <value> should be a numeric value.

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


positiveFlows

A list of <alternativeValue> in an <alternativesValues> containing the positive flow of each alternative. The <value> should be a numeric value.

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


Outputs

promethee1

An <alternativesComparisons> containing the Promethee 1 ranking.

The returned value is a XMCDA document whose main tag is <alternativesMatrix>. It has the following form:

<alternativeMatrix mcdaConcept="Promethee1">
        <row>
        <alternativeID>...</alternativeID>
                <column>
                        <alternativeID>...</alternativeID>
                        <values>
                                <value><NA /></value>
                        </values>
                </column>
                [...]
        <row>
        [...]
</alternativeMatrix>

messages

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

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


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