Patent Document ID: 8554713
Application ID: 13657926
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented system for an analytic network process (ANP) control structure with feedback throughout the ANP control structure, comprising: a memory configured to store an ANP control structure; and a processor cooperatively operable with the memory, the processor configured to: store, in the memory, the ANP control structure with feedback throughout the ANP control structure; store, in the ANP control structure, subnetworks according to ANP theory, one of the subnetworks being attached to a node-to-cluster connection in the ANP control structure instead of being attached to the node itself; and perform a BOCR calculation on the ANP control structure with feedback throughout the ANP control structure, including a calculation on the node-to-cluster connection, to yield a result which is proper according to ANP theory when values used in the calculation are non-trivial.