The subject of invention is directed to a decision process, and namely to using a social collaboration in conjunction to a proprietary algorithm to gather and present pros and cons in visual format to trigger the emotional intelligence of a decision maker in order to conclude a decision.
The invention relates to systems, methods, and instruments of human interaction with purpose of making a decision. In order to make a decision, people are accustomed to gathering opinions from other people and analyzing such opinions in order to conclude a decision. There is a significant amount of work related to a decision making process.
Conventional methods of computer-based decision making feature several problems. For example: the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a widely used method of decision making. The AHP method is based upon a computer-implemented prioritizing of criteria and generating suggestions by forecasting results, whereas a decision hierarchy can be achieved by converting pros and cons into objectives. One of the problems is substitution of a human interaction with computer-implemented suggestion mechanisms, whereas a computer calculates the relative value scores without tailoring it to particular user objectives. The substitution of a human intervention causes the consistently inaccurate results and leads to derivative errors, among which are (for example) is the inaccurate value scores for pros and cons, which later affect a quality of a forecast.
This invention is designed to enable a computer-implemented collection, analysis, and presentation of the individual or group judgments to use human emotional intelligence for assessing a value of opinions for a decision making.
With the expansion of a network, people use social networking to share and receive information through a computer network. The social networking provides communication tools, but fails to leverage the power of the group judgment for a decision making.
This invention is designed to utilize human interaction to simplify a decision making by using a social collaboration and a set of tools provided in electronic format.
The invention is also aimed at solving other shortcomings of the related art.
The invention provides a computer-implemented method of organizing a platform for social decision making that are accessible with an application running on a computer.
The method includes the step of providing a user interface application which may run on a client computer, a mobile electronic device, or/and be embedded into any website.
The method also includes the step of maintaining the user generated database.
The method further includes provision of data entry mechanisms. The data entry mechanisms are displayed within the user interface application. The data entry mechanisms are selectable by a user. The data entry mechanisms enable a user to submit key factors into the user generated database.
The method further includes provision of communication tools. The communication tools are displayed within the user interface application. The communication tools are selectable by a user. The communication tools enable a user to engage other people into a decision making process. The communication tools also enable other people to submit the additional key factors into a user generated database.
The method further includes provision of decision making tools. The decision making tools are displayed within the user interface application. The decision making tools are selectable by a user. The decision making tools enable a user to assign levels of priority to the key factors submitted into the user generated database. The key factors may be edited or deleted by a user. The decision making tools also enable a user to assign values to the key factors submitted into the user generated database. The values may be edited or deleted by a user. The decision making tools also enable users to visualize the priorities and the values for the key factors submitted into the user generated database.
The invention also provides a system for organizing and maintaining an access to the decision making tools. The system includes a server computer maintaining a database of user generated data. The system also includes a client computer having a display and an input mechanism. The client computer is in communication with the server computer. The client computer is also capable of running a web browser application and a user interface application. The user interface application displays the data entry fields that are selectable by a user, then receives and records data into the user generated database, and then displays data to a user for use with the decision making tools that are also selectable by a user.
The invention also includes a computer program product for organizing and accessing the decision making tools. The computer program product includes computer readable program code means for provision of the decision making tools to users. The computer readable program code also means display of decision making tools independently from the web browser application.
By utilizing the method, system, and computer program product of the present invention, a user may utilize the social networking tools for a decision making process. This is advantageous for many individuals and organizations in order to make a more informed decision.
A preferred embodiment of this invention comprises a series of processes that, when implemented as a system, create an application that enables a decision maker to visualize the values of opinions on a topic.
For a construction of preferred embodiment (Box 160), a decision maker identifies a topic (Box 110) and enters initial pros (Box 120) and cons (Box 130) attributes for the topic. The pros and cons can be displayed within a preferred embodiment in a concise or detailed manner at a preference of a decision maker.
Box 140 and Box 150 represent a process of collecting the initial value of importance level attribute to the pros and cons. This is done by using a graphical interface to record a numeric ratio of an initial level of importance with a facilitator's server.
A decision maker can print a preferred embodiment for his/her own use (Box 170) and share the preferred embodiment with the others (Box 180) at his/her discretion.
Submission of consecutive users' opinions (
The algorithm further attributes the respective aggregate ratios to topics (
This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application No. 61/216,855 filed May 26, 2009 the details of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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61216855 | May 2009 | US |