desdeo.preference¶

This package contains various classes acting as containers for preference information given by a decision maker about which objectives they are concerned with and to what degree. It is sued by the methods defined in desdeo.method.

class desdeo.preference.NIMBUSClassification(method, functions, **kwargs)[source]¶

Bases: desdeo.preference.PreferenceInformation.ReferencePoint

Preferences by NIMBUS classification

_classification¶

NIMBUSClassification information pairing objective n to a classification with value if needed

Type: Dict (objn_n, (class,value))

_maxmap¶

Minimization - maximiation mapping of classification symbols

Type: NIMBUSClassification (default:None)

__getitem__(key)[source]¶: Shortcut to query a classification.

__init__(method, functions, **kwargs)[source]¶

Initialize the classification information

Parameters: functions (list ((class,value)) – Function classification information
Return type: None

__module__ = 'desdeo.preference.PreferenceInformation'¶

__setitem__(key, value)[source]¶: Shortcut to manipulate a single classification.

with_class(cls)[source]¶: Return functions with the class

class desdeo.preference.ReferencePoint(method, reference_point=None)[source]¶

Bases: desdeo.preference.PreferenceInformation.PreferenceInformation

__init__(method, reference_point=None)[source]¶

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Return type: None

__module__ = 'desdeo.preference.PreferenceInformation'¶

reference_point()[source]¶: Return reference point corresponding to the given preference information