Journal "Software Engineering"
a journal on theoretical and applied science and technology
ISSN 2220-3397
Journal "Software Engineering"
a journal on theoretical and applied science and technology
ISSN 2220-3397
Vol. 7, no 1 2016 year
The number of Internet providers grows rapidly with the improvement of software and equipment used for Internet access. As a result, questions appear about the quality of the services, as well as the possibility of comparing and selecting the most appropriate provider according to users' particular needs and requirements. A multicriteria method for comparing Internet providers is presented in this work. This method is based on a family of ELECTRE methods which were designed to facilitate decision making process having several alternatives, according to several criteria. The following criteria are used to compare providers: 1) speed of data transfer; 2) time, when the measurement of speed is performed; 3) variety of tariff plans. Method allows users to compare any number of providers, taking into account their personal opinion, as well as a set of available measurements. For the latter, criteria weights are calculated according to Simos' procedure, which uses an imaginary set of playing cards. The method of calculating provider ratings is developed and implemented by Wellink LLC and can be used by Internet users to compare different providers in one or several cities. As a result, this program calculates provider ratings and plots them in the form of histograms.