PrometheeFlows

Version:0.5.5
Provider:J-MCDA
SOAP service’s name:
 PrometheeFlows-J-MCDA (see SOAP requests for details)

Description

Computes Promethee flows (net flows, positive flows, or negative flows).

Contact: Olivier Cailloux <olivier.cailloux@ecp.fr>

Web page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/j-mcda/

Reference: Cailloux, Olivier. Electre and Promethee MCDA methods as reusable software components. In Proceedings of the 25th Mini-EURO Conference on Uncertainty and Robustness in Planning and Decision Making (URPDM 2010). Coimbra, Portugal, 2010.

Inputs

(For outputs, see below)

alternatives (optional)

The alternatives to consider. Set some alternatives as inactive (or remove them) to ignore them.

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


preference

The preference relation from which to compute flows.

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


flow_type

The type of flow to compute: positive, negative or net.

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

<methodParameters>
   <parameter>
         <value>
            <label>%1</label>
         </value>
   </parameter>
</methodParameters>

where:

  • %1 is a parameter named “flow_type”. It can have the following values:

    • POSITIVE: The positive flow.
    • NEGATIVE: The negative flow.
    • NET: The net flow.

    The default value is item0.


Outputs

flows

The flows computed from the given data.

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


messages

A status message.

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


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