Documentation for JDEXi - 4.0

JDEXi: Open-source DEXi Java Library

Version 4.0

Purpose

JDEXi4.zip contains a library of open-source Java classes that implement the evaluation of decision alternatives based on qualitative multi-attribute models produced by DEXi software.

JDEXi (version 4) supports :

• parsing and reading DEXi models from .dxi files or strings (XML format) [constructor Model()]
• obtaining information about model attributes and attribute scales [methods getAttribute*(), getScale*(), ...]
• obtaining information about utility functions and decision rules [methods getRule*(), rule*(), function*(), getFunctionString(), ...]
• clearing and setting model input values [methods setInputValue(s), ...]
• carrying out the evaluation [methods evaluate(), ...]
• obtaining evaluation results [methods getOutputValue(s), ...]
• modification of decision rules [method getFunctionString()]
• creating complex rules from elementary rules [method createComplexRule()]
• creating new complex rules from elementary rules [method createComplexRule()]

JDEXi4 supports only a fairly limited modification of decision rules. DEXi software should be used for any more extensive modification of models.

Authors: Marko Bohanec, Dušan Omerčević, Andrej Kogovšek, Adem Kikaj

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

Packages

Package	Description
si.JDEXi
test.JDEXi