System and method for overcoming decision making and communications errors to produce expedited and accurate group choices
First Claim
1. A system for producing error-resilient collective group decisions comprising:
- a plurality of computing systems interconnected by a communications network, each of the plurality of computing systems including a user interface for allowing communication with a voter at each computing system;
an agenda manager module for creating and presenting at least one question to be voted on to each voter using the user interface;
means for calculating a voting termination point and a voting time period sufficient to achieve a desired voting objective in the presence of incomplete votes by modeling said desired voting objective using a plurality of vote scoring methods;
a user manager module for controlling interactions between each voter and receiving votes up to the voting termination point; and
a report manager module for processing the votes by applying a plurality of vote scoring methods to produce a collective group decision that is resilient to errors.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided overcoming decision-making and communications errors to produce expedited and accurate group choices. The invention provides collective outcomes that are resilient to communication and decision making errors, and which are provided with a minimum wait time. The system comprises a user interface engine that provides a channel to the features of the present invention, an agenda manager module for creating and presenting questions, a user manager module that controls interactions with user who request questionnaires, submit response data, and request access to analytical results, and a report manager module that identifies collective outcomes that are resilient to error and/or that weight individual votes to optimize the group'"'"'s performance in producing one or more correct or optimal collective choices. A common data exchange allows communication between the modules.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for producing error-resilient collective group decisions comprising:
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a plurality of computing systems interconnected by a communications network, each of the plurality of computing systems including a user interface for allowing communication with a voter at each computing system; an agenda manager module for creating and presenting at least one question to be voted on to each voter using the user interface; means for calculating a voting termination point and a voting time period sufficient to achieve a desired voting objective in the presence of incomplete votes by modeling said desired voting objective using a plurality of vote scoring methods; a user manager module for controlling interactions between each voter and receiving votes up to the voting termination point; and a report manager module for processing the votes by applying a plurality of vote scoring methods to produce a collective group decision that is resilient to errors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for producing an error-resilient collective group decision from a plurality of voters on a communications network comprising:
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establishing a voting agenda having at least one of question to be voted on; determining a voting objective; presenting the voting agenda to each of the plurality of voters; calculating a voting termination point and a voting time period sufficient to achieve a desired voting objective in the presence of incomplete votes by modeling said desired voting objective using a plurality of vote scoring methods; allowing each of the plurality of users to vote; receiving votes until the voting termination point; and processing the votes with a plurality of vote scoring methods to produce a collective group decision that is resilient to errors.
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24. A method for deploying resources comprising:
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providing a communications network interconnecting a plurality of voters with a command center; issuing a voting agenda from the command center to each of the plurality of voters; calculating a voting termination point and a voting time period sufficient to achieve a desired voting objective in the presence of incomplete votes by modeling said desired voting objective using a plurality of vote scoring methods; allowing the voters to vote; terminating voting at the voting termination point; processing the votes using a plurality of vote scoring methods to produce a collective group decision; and deploying resources based upon the collective group decision.
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25. A method of acquiring data from a plurality of sensors comprising:
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providing a communications network interconnecting a plurality of sensors with a central processor; determining a plurality of vote scoring methods; calculating a data acquisition termination point and a data acquisition time period sufficient to achieve a desired voting objective in the presence of incomplete data by modeling said desired voting objective using the plurality of vote scoring methods; acquiring data from the plurality of sensors until the data acquisition termination point; and processing acquired data using the plurality of scoring methods to produce a collective group decision.
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