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Partial Order and Software

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Halfon (2006) reviews available software. We summarize and update the review for the convenience of the reader

RANA, Pavan (2003)

DART, Manganaro et al. (2008)

PRORANK, Pudenz (2005) and Voigt et al. (2006)

CORRELATION, Sørensen et al. (2005)

WHASSE, Bruggemann et al. (1999)

POSAC, Shye (1994) and Borg and Shye (1995); see also http://ca.huji.ac.il/bf/hudap-Info.pdf

POSET, Patil et al. (2009, personal communication (POSET-ranking))

PyHasse, Bruggemann et al. (2008a, b), Bruggemann and Voigt (2009), and Voigt et al. (2008a, b)

VB-RAPID, Joshi et al. (2010)

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Brüggemann, R., Patil, G.P. (2011). Partial Order and Software. In: Ranking and Prioritization for Multi-indicator Systems. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8477-7_17

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