Search Results - subject:"problem structuring"

Issues Mapping: A problem structuring method for addressing science and technology conflicts

Cronin, Karen; Midgley, Gerald; Jackson, Laurie Skuba - In: European Journal of Operational Research 233 (2014) 1, pp. 145-158

There are new opportunities for the application of problem structuring methods to address science and technology risk …. This paper introduces ‘Issues Mapping’, a problem structuring method that enables dialogue by using visual modelling …

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SSM and technology management: Developing multimethodology through practice

Small, Adrian; Wainwright, David - In: European Journal of Operational Research 233 (2014) 3, pp. 660-673

. Despite the many ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ OR problem structuring and management methods available, there are relatively few detailed … encompasses problem structuring through to technology selection and adoption. This was based on combining Soft Systems Methodology … those that can bridge ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ OR practices, have been seen as a possible means to facilitate rapid problem …

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The non-codified use of problem structuring methods and the need for a generic constitutive definition

Yearworth, Mike; White, Leroy - In: European Journal of Operational Research 237 (2014) 3, pp. 932-945

When we use a PSM what is it we are actually doing? An answer to this question would enable the PSM community to considerably enlarge the available source of case studies by the inclusion of examples of non-codified PSM use. We start from Checkland’s own proposal for a “constitutive...

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Public policy structuring incorporating reciprocal expectation analysis

Kato, Hironori; Shiroyama, Hideaki; Nakagawa, Yoshinori - In: European Journal of Operational Research 233 (2014) 1, pp. 171-183

This paper proposes a method of structuring public policy by incorporating reciprocal expectation analysis. The proposed method is characterized by three components: identification of the problem structure perceived by stakeholders using cognitive maps, policy structuring analysis with a...

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A methodology in innovative support of the integrated energy planning preparation and orientation phase

Mirakyan, Atom; Guio, R.D. - In: Energy 78 (2014) C, pp. 916-927

Integrated, model-based energy planning particularly in cities and territories involves different planning and modelling activities, which, from a methodological point of view, can be divided into four phases. The analysis and findings of this study focus on planning “phase I”, which is...

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Ambiguity and therapy in risk management

Horlick-Jones, Tom; Rosenhead, Jonathan - In: EURO Journal on decision processes 1 (2013) 3/4, pp. 263-283

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A semi-automated approach for structuring multi criteria decision problems

Maier, Konradin; Stix, Volker - In: European Journal of Operational Research 225 (2013) 3, pp. 487-496

This article seeks to enhance multi criteria decision making by providing a scientific approach for decomposing and structuring decision problems. We propose a process, based on concept mapping, which integrates group creativity techniques, card sorting procedures, quantitative data analysis and...

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The uses of qualitative data in multimethodology: Developing causal loop diagrams during the coding process

Yearworth, Mike; White, Leroy - In: European Journal of Operational Research 231 (2013) 1, pp. 151-161

In this research note we describe a method for exploring the creation of causal loop diagrams (CLDs) from the coding trees developed through a grounded theory approach and using computer aided qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). The theoretical background to the approach is...

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A problem structuring method for ecosystem-based management: The DPSIR modelling process

Gregory, Amanda J.; Atkins, Jonathan P.; Burdon, Daryl; … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 227 (2013) 3, pp. 558-569

The purpose of this paper is to learn from Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory to inform the development of Problem … Structuring Methods (PSMs) both in general and in the specific context of marine management. The focus on marine management is …

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Towards a new framework for evaluating systemic problem structuring methods

Midgley, Gerald; Cavana, Robert Y.; Brocklesby, John; … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 229 (2013) 1, pp. 143-154

-term comparisons between methods? This paper outlines a methodological framework for the evaluation of systemic problem structuring …Operational researchers and social scientists often make significant claims for the value of systemic problem … structuring and other participative methods. However, when they present evidence to support these claims, it is usually based on …

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