Abstract
This paper outlines a method for combining alternatives for each of the factors bearing on a design decision and rank ordering all possible configurations of alternatives. The method permits the rank orderings to be based on the judgments of a relatively large number of persons having diverse points of view and experience but concerned with a common design problem. This method was used to rank order a large number of alternative reporting techniques that might be utilized within a context of a computer-based tactical image interpretation facility for each of four man-computer communication tasks. Results from the application of this method were compared with a scaling of stimuli using Thurstone's law of categorical judgment technique and with the results of a related experimental study.
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