convertAlternativesRanksToAlternativesComparisons

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

Description

Converts ranks of alternatives into alternatives comparisons.

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 alternatives ranks (numerical values). The best alternative has the lowest rank. .

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

<alternativesValues mcdaConcept="alternativesRanks">
    <alternativeValue>
        [...]
    </alternativeValue>
    [...]
</alternativesValues>

separationThreshold

Indicates the separation threshold between two consecutive alternatives.

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

<methodParameters>
    <parameter
         name="separationThreshold"> <!-- REQUIRED  -->
        <value>
            <integer>%1</integer>
        </value>
    </parameter>
</methodParameters>

where:

  • %1 is a parameter named “separationThreshold”. This is a int, and the value should conform to the following constraint: The value should be a positive float.. More formally, the constraint is:

    %1 > 0
    

Outputs

alternativesOrder

A valued relation relative to the preorder of the alternatives. A numeric <value> indicates a minimal preference threshold for each <pair> of the relation. One <pair> represents a constraint of the type “alternative a is preferred to alternative b with preference threshold delta”.

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


messages

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

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


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