Texts
- The Problem of Learning
- Problemistics Courseware
- Corso su Problemistica
- Resources Management
- Manuale/Intellettuale
- Campagna/Città
Problemistics - Problémistique - Problemistica
The Art & Craft of Problem Dealing
Appraising
Definition (Reference Books)
Ranking and weighting (J. Christopher Jones)
[1983, Third Edition] The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
"2. - To estimate the amount or worth of."
[1982, First published 1970] J. Christopher Jones, Design Methods. Seeds of human future, John Wiley & Sons, New York
"Aim: To compare a set of alternative designs using a common scale of measurement.” (p. 377)
"Outline
1. Identify the objectives that the alternative designs are to satisfy.
2. If the objectives are to be ranked:
(a) record on a matrix the preferred objective of each pair;
(b) rank the objectives in order of their preferential scores;
3. If the objectives are to be weighted assign an index number to each objective to indicate its importance relative to the others.
4. Measure or estimate the degree to which each alternative design satisfies each of the ranked or weighted objectives.
5. Convert these measures or estimates to percentages in case of ranked objectives, and to values of the index numbers in case of weighted objectives.
6. Select the alternative design having either a preferred pattern of percentages or the highest total of weighting index numbers." (Method 6.3, p. 377)