Computer-implemented method and system for collecting votes in a decision model
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for collecting votes on importances in an existing analytic network process (ANP) model, the ANP model having items which are influence linked, comprising:
- determining votes to be collected, wherein the votes are with respect to items in the ANP model, the items being influence linked, wherein a vote represents an importance of at least two influence linked items; and
wherein a type of an item is a control criteria, an element, or a cluster;
automatically or semi-automatically collecting, in the computer, at least a portion of the votes to provide collected votes, includingfirst collecting votes on a plurality of pair of items where the items are in the same cluster, with respect to a different item that is in the same cluster or a different cluster, andsecond collecting votes on items where the items are clusters or control criteria.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method provides for collecting votes on importances in an existing analytic network process (ANP) model, the ANP model having items which are influence linked. The votes to be collected are determined, wherein the votes are with respect to items in the ANP model, the items being influence linked, and wherein a vote represents an importance of two or more influence linked items. An item can be a control criteria, an element, or a cluster. Also, at least a portion of the votes are collected automatically or semi-automatically, including collecting votes on two or more pairs of items where the items are in the same cluster with respect to a different item that is in the same cluster or a different cluster, and collecting votes on items where the items are clusters or control criteria.
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1. A computer-implemented method for collecting votes on importances in an existing analytic network process (ANP) model, the ANP model having items which are influence linked, comprising:
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determining votes to be collected, wherein the votes are with respect to items in the ANP model, the items being influence linked, wherein a vote represents an importance of at least two influence linked items; and
wherein a type of an item is a control criteria, an element, or a cluster;automatically or semi-automatically collecting, in the computer, at least a portion of the votes to provide collected votes, including first collecting votes on a plurality of pair of items where the items are in the same cluster, with respect to a different item that is in the same cluster or a different cluster, and second collecting votes on items where the items are clusters or control criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable medium comprising instructions for execution by a computer, the instructions including a computer-implemented method for determining voting for an existing analytic network process (ANP) model amongst users, the instructions for implementing:
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providing an ANP model including first and second items which are influence linked, wherein an item is a cluster, a control criteria, or an element; and determining the votes to be collected, wherein the votes are with respect to first items in the ANP model, the first items being influence linked to respective second items in the ANP model, wherein a vote represents an importance of respective first and second items. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented system for collecting information on importances of elements in a decision model, comprising:
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an influence linked item determination unit, responsive to a first item, configured to facilitate automatically determining, in the computer, at least two respective second items to which the first item is influence linked in the decision model, wherein types of items in the decision model include control criteria, elements, and clusters; a vote selection unit, configured to facilitate selecting, responsive to a plurality of first items, plural sets of influence linked items on which votes are to be collected, wherein a vote represents an importance of influence linked items in respective sets; and automatically or semi-automatically associating, in the computer, at least two respective second items in the respective set responsive to the respective first item, wherein the first item and the at least two respective second items in the respective set can have different types; and a vote collection unit configured to facilitate collecting a plurality of votes between items in the respective sets. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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