sortAlternativesValues

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.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternatives

• Code:

  <alternatives>
          <alternative id="..." [...]>
                  <active>...</active>
          </alternative>
          [...]
  </alternatives>
  

Description:

A list of <alternativesValue> representing a certain numeric quantity for each alternative, like, e.g., an overall value.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternativesValues

• Code:

  <alternativesValues>
          <alternativeValue>
                  <alternativeID>[...]</alternativeID>
                  <values>
                          <value>
                                  <integer>[...]</integer>
                          </value>
                  </values>
          </alternativeValue>
          [...]
  </alternativesValues>
  

Description:

The list of categories and the corresponding right semi-open intervals(i.e., [lowerBound,upperBound[).

XMCDA related:

• Tag: categoriesValues

• Code:

  <categoriesValues>
          <categoryValue>
                  <categoryID>[...]</categoryID>
                  <values>
                          <value>
                                  <interval>
                                          <lowerBound>
                                                  <real>[...]</real>
                                           </lowerBound>
                                          <upperBound>
                                                  <real>[...]</real>
                                          </upperBound>
                                  </interval>
                          </value>
                  </values>
          </categoryValue>
          [...]
  </categoriesValues>
  

Description:

The assignments of the alternatives computed from the given input data.

XMCDA related:

• Tag: alternativesAssignments

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.