COLLECTIVE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES IN A COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A system, method and computer program product for facilitating collaborative decision making may be provided. The system receives data representing individual postings of users associated with a deliberation to make a decision. The system further receives ratings associated with the individual postings in order to make the decision. The system represents the received data in a hierarchical data structure. The system aggregates, through the hierarchical data structure, the ratings associated with the individual postings to obtain strength values. The system facilitates the making of the decision based on the aggregated strength values.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating collaborative decision making, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computer system, data representing one or more individual postings and ratings associated with the individual postings, the data associated with a deliberation to make a decision; representing the received data in a hierarchical data structure; aggregating, through the hierarchical data structure, the ratings associated with the individual postings to obtain strength values; and facilitating collaborative decision making based on the aggregated strength values, wherein a processor unit coupled to a memory device in the computer system performs the receiving, the representing, the aggregating, and the facilitating of the decision making.