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US 2003/0149571 A1Published application
System and method for facilitating decision making in scenario development
OwnerSteve Francesco, David Bridge +1inventors
InventorsSteve Francesco, David Bridge, Ganesh Nathan
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Abstract
A system and method for facilitating decision making in scenario development and providing for optimization of future scenarios depending upon predetermined factors is provided. Qualitative and quantitative factors are provided for establishing a model and providing results that can include one or more bubble charts and other displays. Upon review of the results one or more users can modify the factors that comprise the model and reconcile qualitative results against quantitative results. One or more alternative scenarios can be developed and reviewed by one or more users thereby facilitating the decision making process of choosing an optimal scenario.
Claims31
A computer usable medium comprising a computer program code which is configured to cause a processor to execute one or more functions comprising:
- entering data and storing the data including at least one qualitative factor and at least one quantitative factor;
- providing an interface for a user to establish a model based on the data;
- transforming the data in accordance with the model and storing the results of the transformation, thereby calculating at least one decision value, wherein the at least one decision value is calculated using data including at least one qualitative factor;
- providing an interface for a user to review the at least one decision value and to modify the model and the data including the at least one qualitative factor;
- transforming the modified data including the at least one qualitative factor in accordance with the model and storing the modified results of the transformation, thereby calculating at least one alternative decision value, wherein the at least one alternative decision value is calculated using modified data including the at least one qualitative factor;
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- providing an interface for a user to compare the at least one decision value and the at least one alternative decision value and to reconcile the at least qualitative factor and the at least one quantitative factor.
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A computer usable medium comprising a computer program code which is configured to cause a processor to execute one or more functions comprising:
- entering data and storing the data including at least one qualitative factor and at least one quantitative factor;
- providing an interface for a user to establish a model based on the data;
- transforming the data in accordance with the model and storing the results of the transformation, thereby calculating at least one decision value, wherein the at least one decision value is calculated using data including at least one qualitative factor;
- providing an interface for a user to review the at least one decision value and to modify the model and the data including the at least one qualitative factor;
- transforming the modified data including the at least one qualitative factor in accordance with the model and storing the modified results of the transformation, thereby calculating at least one alternative decision value, wherein the at least one alternative decision value is calculated using modified data including the at least one qualitative factor;
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- providing an interface for a user to compare the at least one decision value and the at least one alternative decision value and to reconcile the at least qualitative factor and the at least one quantitative factor;
- providing an interface for a user to communicate over the network;
- receiving network data related to the model and storing the network data;
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- collecting consensus information over the network for establishing which network data is incorporated into the model.
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A software arrangement for facilitating decision-making analysis and for use with a computer comprising:
- an input database means for storing data comprising at least one qualitative factor and at least one quantitative factor;
- a results database means for storing results and at least one decision value;
- an interface means for entering the data into the input database means and for establishing a model based on the data;
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- transformation means for transforming the data in accordance with the model, for pushing the transformed data into the results database, thereby calculating the results and the at least one decision value, wherein the at least one decision value is calculated using data including at least one qualitative factor;
- wherein the interface is further provided with means for reviewing the at least one decision value, means for modifying the model and the data including at least one qualitative factor, and means for reconciling the at least one qualitative factors and the at least one quantitative factor;
- wherein the transformation means is further provided with means for updating an the results and at least one alternative decision value;
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- wherein the interface is further provided with means for comparing the at least one decision value and the at least one alternative decision value.
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A software arrangement for facilitating decision-making analysis and for use with a computer in a network comprising:
- an input database means for storing data comprising at least one qualitative factor;
- a results database means for storing results and at least one decision value;
- an interface means for entering the data into the input database means and for establishing a model based on the data;
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- transformation means for transforming the data in accordance with the model, for pushing the transformed data into the results database, thereby calculating the results and the at least one decision value and thereby forming at least one scenario, wherein the at least one decision value is calculated using data including at least one qualitative factor;
- wherein the interface is further provided with means for reviewing the at least one scenario and for modifying the model and the data including at least one qualitative factor;
- wherein the transformation means is further provided with means for updating an alternative results and at least one alternative decision value and thereby forming at least one alternative scenario;
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- wherein the interface is further provided with means for comparing the at least one scenario and the at least one alternative scenario;
- and wherein
- the interface means includes means for communicating over the network, for receiving network data, for entering the network data into the input database means and for collecting consensus information over the network for establishing which network data is incorporated into the model.
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A system for executing a computer program for facilitating decision making analysis, the system comprising:
- a memory device for storing the computer program thereon;
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- a processor which
- enters data and stores the data including at least one qualitative factor;
- provides an interface for a user to establish a model based on the data;
- transforms the data in accordance with the model and stores the results of the transformation, thereby calculating at least one decision value and forming at least one scenario, wherein the at least one decision value is calculated using data including at least one qualitative factor;
- provides an interface for a user to review the at least one scenario and to modify the model and the data including at least one alternative qualitative factor;
- transforms the modified data in accordance with the model and stores the modified results of the transformation, thereby calculating at least one alternative decision value and forming at least one alternative scenario, wherein the at least one alternative decision value is calculated using modified data including the at least one qualitative factor;
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- provides an interface for a user to compare the at least one scenario and the at least one alternative scenario.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.