Patent Document ID: 7698237
Application ID: 11062508
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An assisted decision-making system that generates and evaluates a plurality of courses of action (COAs) for a problem of interest having an associated set of keyword indices that represent the problem of interest, the system comprising: a processor for accessing a memory and computer executing executable instructions stored on the memory; and a memory comprising executable instructions, the executable instructions comprising: a knowledge base comprising a plurality of courses of action associated with previous problems, each previous problem having an associated set of keyword indices and each course of action comprising a plurality of COA packages, a set of associated fitness parameters, and a rating indicating a degree of success associated with each course of action when applied to its associated problem; a case based reasoner that generates each of an initial set of courses of action according to a determined similarity between the set of keyword indices associated with the problem of interest and respective sets of keyword indices representing the previous problems associated with the plurality of courses of action and the associated ratings of the courses of action; a genetic algorithm that refines the initial set of courses of action, according to a set of global influence values, to produce at least one optimized course of action; and a user interface that alters a visual display as to present the at least one optimized course of action to a user and allows a user to adjust at least one value from the set of global influence values and the set of fitness parameters associated with each optimized course of action, wherein each keyword of the keyword indices comprises one of a word and a phrase extracted from a text document; wherein the set of associated fitness parameters comprising: an overall exchange ratio that defines a ratio of likelihood that an actor will accomplish its objectives to a likelihood that an opposing actor will accomplish its objectives, if the course of action is taken; and an effectiveness of the course of action that defines the expected effectiveness the course of action provides, if the course of action is taken.