DEASMAACCRPreferenceRelations

Provider:PUT
Version:1.0

Description

Determines dominance relations for the given DMUs (alternatives) using SMAA-D method and CCR Data Envelopment Analysis Model. For given number of samples returns a matrix with alternatives in each row and column. Single cell indicates how many samples of alternative in a row dominates alternative in a column.

  • Contact: Malgorzata Napieraj ([email protected])
  • Reference: Cooper W., Seiford L., Tone K., Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References and DEA-Solver (2007).
  • Reference: Lahdelma R., Salminen P., Stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis using the data envelopment model (2004).

Inputs

(For outputs, see below)

  • inputsOutputs
  • units
  • performanceTable
  • weightsLinearConstraints (optional)
  • methodParameters

inputsOutputs

Description:

A list of criteria with specified preference direction. List has to contains at least one criterion that will be minimized (input) and at least one criterion that will be maximized (output).

units

Description:

A list of alternatives (DMUs).

XMCDA related:

  • Tag: alternatives

  • Code:

    <alternatives>
                    <alternative>
                        [...]
                    </alternative>
                    [...]
                </alternatives>

performanceTable

Description:

A list of alternatives (DMUs) performances.

XMCDA related:

  • Tag: performanceTable

  • Code:

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

weightsLinearConstraints

Optional: yes, disabled by default

Description:

A list of criteria linear constraints.

XMCDA related:

  • Tag: criteriaLinearConstraints

  • Code:

    <criteriaLinearConstraints>
                                            <constraint>
                                                    <element>
                                                            <criterionID>[...]</criterionID>
                                                            <coefficient>
                                                                    [...]
                                                            </coefficient>
                                                    </element>
                                                    [...]
                                                    <operator>[...]</operator>
                                                    <rhs>
                                                            [...]
                                                    </rhs>
                                            </constraint>
                                            [...]
                                    </criteriaLinearConstraints>

methodParameters

Description:

“samplesNo” represents the number of samples to generate.

GUI information:

  • Parameter values can be defined via the GUI or the XMCDA file, by default via GUI.
  • Name: samplesNo
    • Constraint description: The value should be a positive integer.
    • Type: integer
    • Default value: 100

XMCDA related:

  • Tag: methodParameters

  • Code:

    <methodParameters>
                                                    <parameter name="samplesNo">
                                                            <value><integer>%1</integer></value>
                                                    </parameter>
                                    </methodParameters>

Outputs

  • pairwiseOutrankingIndices
  • messages

pairwiseOutrankingIndices

Description:

A performance table for given alternatives. Single performance consists of attribute criterionID representing dominated alternative, and a value representing ratio of samples dominating this alternative.

XMCDA related:

  • Tag: performanceTable

  • Code:

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

messages

Description:

A list of messages generated by the algorithm.

XMCDA related:

  • Tag: methodMessages

For further technical details on the web service underlying this program, have a look at its documentation here.