PROMETHEE-Cluster

criteria

Information about criterias required to compute Promethee Tri: criteria id, criteria thresholds (indifference and preference) and criteria scales.

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

alternatives

List of alternatives.

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

performanceTable

The performance of alternatives.

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

criteriaValues

Weights of criteria to consider.

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

programParameters

First parameter specifies number of output clusters K.

Where K is integer greater than 1 and less than number of alternatives. Second parameter specifies parameter P of deviation used in Promethee TRI. In this case deviation is weighted generalised mean of difference between flows on criteria, where P is used exponent.

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

<methodParameters>
    %1
    %2

<!– %3 –>

%4

</methodParameters>

where:

• %1 is a parameter named “NumberOfClusters”. This is a int, and the value should conform to the following constraint: A integer value greater than 1 and lower than the number of alternatives. More formally, the constraint is:

  %1 > 1
  

• %2 is a parameter named “distance”. This is a int. The default value is 1.

• %3 is a parameter named “Use random seed”. This is a boolean. The default value is false.

• %4 is a parameter named “randomSeed”. This is a int.

result

List of alternatives sets where each set representing one cluster.

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

messages

Messages or errors generated by this module.

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