METHOD FOR MAKING OPTIMAL SELECTIONS BASED ON MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA

摘要

A method for making optimal decisions includes the ability to consider and weigh multiple factors, where those factors might be numeric, or non-numeric, objective or subjective. Further, the method ensures that factors are not prematurely eliminated. This contrasts with behavior common to decision-tree based approaches. The method further allows for weighting based on multiple statistical means as well as by the application of non-statistical values.