generalWeightedSum

Provider:UTAR
Version:1.0
Name:generalWeightedSum
Display name:generalWeightedSum

Description

-Contact: Boris Leistedt (boris.leistedt@gmail.com)

Computes the (possibly normalised) weighted sum of alternatives’ evaluations, their average value or simply their sum.

Inputs

alternatives

-ID: alternatives

-Name: alternatives

-Display name: alternatives

-Optional: False

Description:

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.

norm

-ID: norm

-Name: norm

-Display name: normalized weights

Description:

Boolean for normalisation of the weights (true if the weights should be normalised).

XMCDA related:

-Tag: methodParameters

-Code:

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

GUI and placeholder information:

-GUI status: preferGUI

-%1

-Type: boolean

-Display name: norm

avg

-ID: avg

-Name: avg

-Display name: average operator

Description:

Boolean for the average operator. (true if you want to evaluate the average value of an alternative, for all criteria).

XMCDA related:

-Tag: methodParameters

-Code:

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

GUI and placeholder information:

-GUI status: preferGUI

-%1

-Type: boolean

-Display name: avg

criteria

-ID: criteria

-Name: criteria

-Display name: criteria

-Optional: False

Description:

A list of criteria. Criteria can be activated or desactivated via the <active> tag (true or false). By default (no <active> tag), criteria are considered as active.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: criteria

-Code:

<criteria>
        <criterion>
                <criterionID> %1 </criterionID>
        </criterion>
</criteria>

performanceTable

-ID: performanceTable

-Name: performanceTable

-Display name: performanceTable

-Optional: False

Description:

A performance table. The evaluations should be numeric values, i.e. <real>, <integer> or <rational>. It must contains IDs of both criteria and alternatives described previously.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: performanceTable

-Code:

<performanceTable>
        <alternativePerformances>
                <alternativeID>[...]</alternativeID>
                <performance>
                        <criterionID>[...]</criterionID>
                        <value>
                                <real>[...]</real>
                        </value>
                </performance>
                [...]
        </alternativePerformances>
        [...]
</performanceTable>

weights

-ID: criteriaWeights

-Name: weights

-Display name: weights

-Optional: True

Description:

Containing the optional weights for criteria sum.

XMCDA related:

-Tag: criteriaValues

-Code:

<criteriaValues>
        <criterionValue>
                <criterionID>[...]</criterionID>
                <value>
                        <real>[...]</real>
                </value>
        </criterionValue>
        [...]
</criteriaValues>

Outputs

alternativesValues

-ID: alternativesValues

-Name: alternativesValues

-Display name: alternativesValues

Description:

Values (or utility) for different alternatives

XMCDA related:

-Tag: alternativesValues

-Code:

                    <alternativesValues>
                    <alternativeValue>
            <alternativeID>[...]</alternativeID>
            <value>
                    <real>[...]</real>
            </value>
    </alternativeValue>
</alternativesValues>

message

-ID: messages

-Name: message

-Display name: messages

Description:

logMessage

XMCDA related:

-Tag: methodMessages

-Code:

<methodMessages mcdaConcept="methodMessage">
        <logMessage>
                <text> [...]</text>
        </logMessage>
        <errorMessage>
                <text> [...]</text>
        </errorMessage>
</methodMessages>