Decision Intelligence Glossary
Key terms and definitions from decision science, multi-criteria analysis, and strategic frameworks. Each term includes educational content, real-world applications, and how SolveRight implements the concept.
Analytic Hierarchy Process
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a structured decision-making method developed by mathematician Thomas L. Saaty in the 1970s. AHP decomposes a complex de...
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is a systematic process for comparing the total expected costs and total expected benefits of one or more alternatives to determine ...
Cross-Framework Contradiction Detection
Cross-framework contradiction detection is an analytical capability that identifies cases where different decision frameworks produce conflicting rankings or re...
Decision Fatigue
Decision fatigue is the psychological phenomenon where the quality of decisions deteriorates after a prolonged period of decision-making. As mental energy deple...
Decision Framework
A decision framework is a structured methodology that guides the process of evaluating alternatives and making a choice. Frameworks define what criteria to cons...
Decision Intelligence
Decision intelligence (DI) is an interdisciplinary field that combines decision science, data science, social science, and artificial intelligence to help indiv...
Deterministic Scoring
Deterministic scoring is a computational approach where the same inputs always produce the same outputs, with no randomness or variation between runs. In the co...
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a set of structured analytical methods for evaluating alternatives against multiple, often conflicting criteria. MCDA...
Pareto Analysis
Pareto analysis is a decision-making technique based on the Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule), which observes that roughly 80% of effects come fro...
Porter's Five Forces
Porter's Five Forces is a strategic analysis framework developed by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter in 1979. It evaluates the competitive in...
Rubric Pattern
A rubric pattern is a reusable scoring methodology template that defines the structure, scale, and aggregation logic for evaluating alternatives against criteri...
Sensitivity Analysis
Sensitivity analysis is a technique for determining how changes in input variables, assumptions, or parameters affect the output of a model or decision. By syst...
SWOT Analysis
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning framework that evaluates an entity's competitive position by examining four dimensions: Strengths (internal advantages), W...
TOPSIS
TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) is a multi-criteria decision analysis method that ranks alternatives based on their geom...
Weighted Decision Matrix
A weighted decision matrix (also called a Pugh matrix, criteria matrix, or weighted scoring model) is a quantitative tool that compares alternatives against mul...
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