Method and system for analytic network process (ANP) total influence analysis
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- an analytic network process (ANP) storage memory that stores an ANP weighted supermatrix representing an ANP model populated with data, the ANP model having feedback connections in place among nodes within the ANP model; and
a processor in communication with the ANP storage memory, the processor being configured to facilitateselecting one or more metrics to use to determine influence of criteria within the ANP model;
determining a combined influence score using the selected one or more metrics, the combined influence score being a single score for each of the criteria throughout the entire ANP weighted supermatrix representing the ANP model that has feedback connections; and
determining, based on the combined influence score for each of the criteria, which of the criteria in the ANP model is most influential among the criteria in the ANP model, for the one or more metric which is selected to use to determine the influence of the nodes in the ANP model.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an analytic network process (ANP) storage memory that stores an ANP model populated with data, the ANP model having feedback connections in place among nodes within the ANP model, and a processor in communication with the ANP storage memory. The processor is configured to facilitate selecting one or more metrics to use to determine influence of criteria within the ANP model. Also, the processor determines a combined influence score, the combined influence score being a single score for each of the criteria in the ANP model. Also, the processor determines which of the criteria in the ANP model is most influential among the criteria in the ANP model, for the one or more metric which is selected to use to determine the influence of the nodes in the ANP model.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an analytic network process (ANP) storage memory that stores an ANP weighted supermatrix representing an ANP model populated with data, the ANP model having feedback connections in place among nodes within the ANP model; and a processor in communication with the ANP storage memory, the processor being configured to facilitate selecting one or more metrics to use to determine influence of criteria within the ANP model; determining a combined influence score using the selected one or more metrics, the combined influence score being a single score for each of the criteria throughout the entire ANP weighted supermatrix representing the ANP model that has feedback connections; and determining, based on the combined influence score for each of the criteria, which of the criteria in the ANP model is most influential among the criteria in the ANP model, for the one or more metric which is selected to use to determine the influence of the nodes in the ANP model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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storing, in an analytic network process (ANP) storage memory, an ANP weighted supermatrix representing an ANP model populated with data, the ANP model having feedback connections in place among nodes within the ANP model; and in a processor in communication with the ANP storage memory; selecting one or more metrics to use to determine influence of criteria within the ANP model; determining a combined influence score using the selected one or more metrics, the combined influence score being a single score for each of the criteria throughout the entire ANP weighted supermatrix representing the ANP model that has feedback connections; and determining, based on the combined influence score for each of the criteria, which of the criteria in the ANP model is most influential among the criteria in the ANP model, for the one or more metric which is selected to use to determine the influence of the nodes in the ANP model. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer executable instructions, wherein execution of said computer executable instructions by one or more processors causes a computer to perform the steps of:
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storing, in an analytic network process (ANP) storage memory, an ANP weighted supermatrix representing an ANP model populated with data, the ANP model having feedback connections in place among nodes within the ANP model; and selecting one or more metrics to use to determine influence of criteria within the ANP model; determining a combined influence score using the selected one or more metrics, the combined influence score being a single score for each of the criteria throughout the entire ANP weighted supermatrix representing the ANP model that has feedback connections; and determining, based on the combined influence score for each of the criteria, which of the criteria in the ANP model is most influential among the criteria in the ANP model, for the one or more metric which is selected to use to determine the influence of the nodes in the ANP model. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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