Patent ID: 7155423

Claim:
A computerized system for exploring a set of decision alternatives D 1 –D n wherein each of said decision alternatives in said set is evaluated according to at least two criteria C 1 and C 2 , said system comprising; (a) a first computer program that produces a subset from said set of decision alternatives D 1 –D n using a filter and values for said at least two criteria C 1 and C 2 wherein said filter produces said subset by: (i) comparing decision alternatives in said set of decision alternatives D 1 –D n according to said values for said at least two criteria C 1 and C 2 ; (ii) removing from said set of decision alternatives D 1 –D n decisions alternatives that are Pareto dominated according to said values for said at least two criteria C 1 and C 2 ; and (iii) retaining in said set of decision alternatives D 1 –D n only decisions alternatives that are Pareto optimal according to said values for said at least two criteria C 1 and C 2 ; and (b) a second computer program, in communication with said first computer program, that presents in a scatterplot said subset of said set of decision alternatives D 1 –D n produced by said filter, wherein each axis of said scatterplot represents a criterion of said at least two criteria C 1 and C 2 used in filtering said decision alternatives D 1 –D n .