utility.endnode.firstavail.create {utility} | R Documentation |
Construct an end node to get the results of the first available sub-node
Description
Function to construct a node that returns the results of the first sub-node for which results are available.
Usage
utility.endnode.firstavail.create(name.node,
nodes,
utility = TRUE,
required = FALSE,
col = "black",
shift.levels = 0)
Arguments
name.node |
name of the node to be constructed as a character string. |
nodes |
list of nodes to be tried. |
utility |
(optional) logical variable indicating if a value function ( |
required |
(optional) logical variable indicating if the value of this node is required for aggregation at the next higher level.
If this variable is |
col |
(optional) color used for plotting the bounding box of the node in the objective hierarchy.
Default value is |
shift.levels |
(optional) number of hierarchical levels by which the node in the objective hierarchy is shifted to make a branch fit better to other branches.
Default value is |
Value
The function returns the created object of type utility.endnode.firstavail
with the properties specified in the arguments of the function.
Author(s)
Peter Reichert <peter.reichert@emeriti.eawag.ch>
References
Short description of the package:
Reichert, P., Schuwirth, N. and Langhans, S.,
Constructing, evaluating and visualizing value and utility functions for decision support, Environmental Modelling & Software 46, 283-291, 2013.
Textbooks on the use of utility and value functions in decision analysis:
Keeney, R. L. and Raiffa, H. Decisions with Multiple Objectives - Preferences and Value Tradeoffs. John Wiley & Sons, 1976.
Eisenfuehr, F., Weber, M. and Langer, T., Rational Decision Making, Springer, Berlin, 2010.
See Also
Print, evaluate and plot the node with
print.utility.endnode.firstavail
,
summary.utility.endnode.firstavail
,
evaluate.utility.endnode.firstavail
and
plot.utility.endnode.firstavail
.
Create other end nodes with
utility.endnode.discrete.create
,
utility.endnode.intpol1d.create
,
utility.endnode.parfun1d.create
,
utility.endnode.intpol2d.create
, or
utility.endnode.cond.create
,
Create other types of nodes with
utility.aggregation.create
,
utility.conversion.intpol.create
, or
utility.conversion.parfun.create
.