Xmcda: an Xml Encoding of Mcda Data
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چکیده
Up to recently, the analysis of a decision problem via numerous Multiple Criteria Decision Aid (mcda) algorithms required to use various data formats. This lack of a unified standard for their input and output data has probably contributed to the poor adoption of mcda software by users. This chapter presents XMCDA, an initiative of the Decision Deck project, which is a unified data model enabling to encode classical concepts from mcda in xml. Among other things it eases the analysis of a problem instance by various mcda methods compatible with XMCDA without requiring data conversions and simplifies the chaining of mcda algorithms for the resolution of complex decision problems.
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