Python resources for Algorithmic Decision Theory

Wecome! This is the documentation for the Digraph3 Python programming resources.

Author

Raymond Bisdorff, Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, https://rbisdorff.github.io/

Version

Python 3.10 (release: 3.10.0)

Copyright

18. Bisdorff © 2013-2021

Parts of the documentation:

1. Tutorials

   Start here

2. Reference manual

   Technical documentation and source code of all modules

3. Advanced topics

   Pearls of bipolar-valued epistemic logic

4. Algorithimc Decision Theory Lectures

   2x2 reduced copies of the presentation slides

5. Computational Statistics Lectures

   2x2 reduced copies of the presentation slides

6. Archives

   Historical case studies and example graphs

Digraph3 Book

Indices and search page

• General Index

  All classes, functions and terms

• Module Index

  Quick access to all the Digraph3 modules

• Search page

  Search this documentation

Preface

This documentation is dedicated to

our late colleague and dear friend

Prof. Marc ROUBENS

The Digraph3 documentation, available on the Read The Docs site: https://digraph3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/, describes the Python3 resources for implementing decision algorithms via bipolar-valued outranking digraphs ([BISD-21]). These computing resources are useful in the field of Algorithmic Decision Theory and more specifically in the field of Multiple-Criteria Decision Aiding ([BISD-15]). They provide practical tools for a Master Course on Algorithmic Decision Theory taught at the University of Luxembourg.

The documentation contains, first, a set of tutorials introducing the main objects like digraphs, outranking digraphs and performance tableaux. There is also a tutorial provided on undirected graphs. Some tutorials are problem oriented and show how to compute the winner of an election, how to build a best choice recommendation, or how to linearly rank or rate with multiple incommensurable performance criteria. Other tutorials concern more specifically operational aspects of computing maximal independent sets (MISs) and kernels in graphs and digraphs. The tutorial about split, interval and permutation graphs is inspired by Martin Golumbic ‘s book on Algorithmic Graph Theory and Perfect Graphs ([GOLU-04]). We also provide a tutorial on tree graphs and spanning forests.

The second Section concerns the extensive reference manual of the collection of provided Python3 modules, classes and methods. The main classes in this collection are the digraphs.Digraph overall root class, the perfTabs.PerformanceTableau class and the outrankingDigraphs.BipolarOutrankingDigraph class. The technical documentation also provides insight into the complete source code of all modules, classes and methods.

The third Section exhibits some pearls of bipolar-valued epistemic logic that enrich the Digraph3 resources. These short texts illustrate well the very computational benefit one may get when working in a bipolar-valued logical framework. And, more specifically, the essential part the logically neutral undeterminate value is judiciously playing therein.

The fourth and fifth sections provide 2x2-reduced notes of the author’s lectures on Algorithmic Decision Theory and Computational Statistics given at the University of Luxembourg in Autumn 2019 and Spring 2020.

The last section gathers historical case studies with example digraphs compiled before 2006 and concerning the early development of tools and methods for enumerating non isomorphic maximal independent sets in undirected graphs and computing digraph kernels.

References

BISD-21

18. Bisdorff (in press). Algorithmic Decision Making with Python Resources: From multicriteria performance records to decision algorithms via bipolar-valued outranking digraphs. Springer Verlag Heidelberg, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ISOR 324, ISBN 978-3-030-90927-2, xxxv, 342 pages (see http://hdl.handle.net/10993/48296).

BISD-15

18. Bisdorff, L.C. Dias, P. Meyer, V. Mousseau and M. Pirlot (Eds.) (2015). Evaluation and decision models with multiple criteria: Case studies. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, International Handbooks on Information Systems, ISBN 978-3-662-46815-9, 643 pages (see http://hdl.handle.net/10993/23698).

GOLU-04

13. Ch. Golumbic (2004), Agorithmic Graph Theory and Perfect Graphs 2nd Ed., Annals of Discrete Mathematics 57, Elsevier.