A New Metaheuristic-Based Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm for Software Modularization

Algorithm 4

MCDM steps.

 Input: n: number of algorithms

  m: number of criteria

  X: a matrix with n × m dimension and x_ij is amount of algorithm i for criterion j

 Step 1:

 Step 2: calculate the entropy value, H_j, for criterion j and

 Step 3: calculate the importance and weight of each criterion

 Step 4: calculate the maximum and minimum vector of each criterion , , ,

 Step 5: calculating a positive and negative ideal distance from reality

 Step 6: calculating a positive and negative ideal distance for each algorithm ,

 Step 7: calculate the efficiency of each algorithm

 Step 8: select the best algorithm