Decision support tool with interactive sliders

A system comprising:

• memory storing decision algorithms and decision-based activities;
• and
• a server performing operations comprising:
• collecting, from multiple sources, data associated with requests and used in supporting actions made regarding the requests;
• providing, for presentation in the user interface, default criteria based on the collected data and supporting a determination of a recommended action in response to the given request, the user interface including interactive sliders, each interactive slider associated with a criterion and having a default slider position associated with a relative weighting factor for the criterion;
• executing an algorithm associated with a request type of the given request including:
• assigning, using the relative weighting factors, absolute weights to the default criteria;
• and
• evaluating the given request using the default criteria and the assigned absolute weights to determine the recommended action in response to the given request;
• providing, for presentation in the user interface, the recommended action;
• and
• receiving, from a template in a user interface, inputs changing a number of criteria associated with the algorithm, including receiving metadata about the number of criteria associated with the algorithm, and providing information for drawing a dynamic user interface presenting information for the criteria, including sliding bars and controls.

A non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• collecting, from multiple sources, data associated with requests and used in supporting actions made regarding the requests;
• providing, for presentation in the user interface, default criteria based on the collected data and supporting a determination of a recommended action in response to the given request, the user interface including interactive sliders, each interactive slider associated with a criterion and having a default slider position associated with a relative weighting factor for the criterion;
• executing an algorithm associated with a request type of the given request including:
• assigning, using the relative weighting factors, absolute weights to the default criteria;
• and
• evaluating the given request using the default criteria and the assigned absolute weights to determine the recommended action in response to the given request;
• providing, for presentation in the user interface, the recommended action;
• receiving adjustments, via the user interface, including one or more of:
• receiving an adjustment to an interactive slider for a criterion to a new slider position, and using the received adjustment to update the relative weighting factor for the criterion;
• and
• receiving an adjustment to an on/off switch designating whether the criterion is used in the algorithm, and using the received adjustment to update the relative weighting factor for the criterion;
• recalculating, based on the updated relative weighting factors, the absolute weights for the criteria;
• re-executing the algorithm using the recalculated absolute weights, including recalculating the recommended action;
• and
• providing, for presentation in the user interface, the recalculated recommended action.