Factorfinder-Concept

Keyword Index

Welcome
Tool for analysis
Ideal composition of a team as an example
Database: All known team combinations with acceptable success
Infering relevance from tolerance of non-ideal staffings
Intermediate and final results
Evaluation of alternatives
Criteria for suitability of Factorfinder-approach
Overview
Objectives of inquiry
Target criterion with threshold value required
Multitude of acceptable combinations required
Factors described by categories not numbers
Direction of impact of factors not known
Interaction of factors
Factorfinder-model of relevance
Basic assumptions
Ideal vs. real variants
Acceptable vs. inacceptable variants
Threshold of target criterion
Categorial factors
Importance of factors
Subcritical factors
Measurement of relevance
Relevance vectors
Comparison of real variants
Comparison of real variants with theoretical ideals
Imperfect compensation of adverse factors
Candidate vs. reference examples
Plausibility of performance
Performance of currently untested alternatives
Plausibility of comparisons supports relevance hypothesis
Conclusion
Factorfinder-Procedure
Overview
Database
Steps of procedure
Flow chart
Recording of acceptable variants
Recording of inacceptable variants
Assumptions
Single variants as fix point
Counters record tolerance of adverse attributes
Recording and refining of tolerance information
Tolerability of adverse factors
Tolerance vs. relevance
Tolerance test vectors
Evaluation of tolerance test vectors
Adaption of counter matrix
Decreasing rate of adjustment
Adjustment cycles
Foundation of counters
Stable counter matrix and well-founded tolerance vector
Intermediate result
Creation of relevance values for each factor
Identification of ideal variants
Discovery of variants having implausible success
Infering relevance hypothesis from inacceptable variants
Conclusion
Calculation example
Analysis of a data network
Data base
Adaption cycle 1
Adaption cycle 2
Adaption cycle 3
Adaption cycle 1000
Adaption cycle 10000
Factorfinder-Software
Overview
Define target criterion
Editor options
Define assumptions
Steps of data input
Recording elements
Partial view on elements
Combining elements
Calculation and output of results
Conclusion
Contact information
Legal information