On the Decision Matrix and the Judgment Process; A Developmental Decision Example.

Benjamin Pinkel

Expert InsightsPublished 1969

The Paper points out that in a decision task involving the selection of a system from a number of competing systems, a single number or figure of merit is usually inadequate to describe the merits of a given system and that a matrix of numbers representing the important parameters is required. A description is given of the parameters in this matrix. Rules are given for reducing the matrix and for drawing conclusions from the reduced matrix. An example involving a developmental decision is included to illustrate the process. 18 pp. Refs. (Author)

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Pinkel, Benjamin, On the Decision Matrix and the Judgment Process; A Developmental Decision Example. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1969. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3620.html.
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