multipleAlternativesValuesKendalls

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

Description

Calculates the correlation index between multiple rankings of alternatives (represented by lists of ranks).

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>

alternativesValues1

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

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

alternativesValues2

A list of <alternativeValue> in an <alternativesValues> containing the rank 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

messages

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

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

kendall

An <alternativeValue> containing the Kendall correlation index of the two rankings of alternatives.

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

<alternativeValue mcdaConcept="kendallCorrelation">
    [...]
</alternativeValue>

Original xml description