Collective evaluation of alternatives in a collaborative decision making environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9324027
APP PUB NO 20150039548A1
SERIAL NO

13953926

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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.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mills, Nathaniel Coventry, US 8 20
Ray, Bonnie K Nyack, US 19 316
Rios, Aliaga Jesus M Peekskill, US 2 10
Ross, Steven I South Hamilton, US 33 1611

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