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])