Question

Value function methods and outranking methods for this process are compared in a book presenting an “integrated approach” to this process by Valerie Belton and Theodor J. Stewart. Nodes named after this process are drawn as rectangles on directed acyclic (“ay-SICK-lick”) graphs that also include oval uncertainty nodes and octagonal value nodes. Methods like MACBETH and the analytic hierarchy process are used in the “multi-criteria” approach to this process. A branch (-5[1])of probability theory named for this process (10[1])often makes use of the expected utility hypothesis. Influence diagrams are used in a (10[1])field (10[1])named for the “analysis” (-5[1])of this process, which is often considered a branch of operations research and which is abbreviated DA (10[2])(“D-A”). For 10 points, (-5[1])name this general process that is often aided (10[1])by namesake “trees” (10[4])that resemble (10[2])flowcharts. (10[5])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: decision-making [or deciding or word forms of decide; accept making choices or choosing or word forms of choose; accept decision trees; accept decision analysis; accept decision theory; accept decision nodes; accept Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%13%120.86

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb KendrickMaryland AWUSTL A69-5
Nathan SheffieldMIT ANorthwestern A7610
Tim MorrisonStanford AGeorgia Tech A9010
Walter ZhangBrown AFlorida A9110
Chris RayOhio State ACornell A95-5
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ANorth Carolina A11210
Jerry LinDuke AYale A11210
Geoffrey WuColumbia AUC Berkeley A115-5
Noah ChenColumbia BMinnesota B12310
Quynh PhungPurdue AHouston A12610
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BImperial A12610
Robert CondronChicago CTexas A12610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AYale B12610
Daniel YangChicago BChicago A12810
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AToronto A12810
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BSouth Carolina A12910
Tanis NielsenClaremont AIllinois A12910
Dan NiCornell BIndiana A12910
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BRutgers B12910
David BassVirginia ARutgers A12910
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AVanderbilt A13010
Ryan SunUC Berkeley AColumbia A13010
Ani PerumallaPenn State AMcGill A13010
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BIowa State A1300
Halle FriedmanNYU AMichigan A13010
Geoffrey ChenCornell AOhio State A13010
Conor ThompsonIowa State AWUSTL B1300