The application of logical decision trees to the decision-making process in ill-structured problems
The application of logical decision trees to the decision-making process in ill-structured problems

Summary/Abstract: Decision-making is a process which has accompanied the human being since time immemorial and in various areas of their activity. It should result in mak- ing a choice that meets the expectations (conditions) of the decision maker to the greatest extent. Decisions can be made on the basis of information which is not always complete and reliable. Sometimes it may happen that it is incom- plete and reliable or complete but unreliable. Then, it concerns ill-structured problems. The purpose of this article is to verify whether ill-structured prob- lems can be solved/supported in a way based on an operating algorithm. In the article, a case study with complete but unreliable information as well as with complete and reliable information was used. Logical decision trees were employed in the study. The result of the study allowed for, among others, establishing that the analysis of an ill-structured problem using logical deci- sion trees consists in performing steps which follow one another in a logical sequence creating thus a sequence of operations, and therefore an operating algorithm, which confirms that solving ill-structured problems can be support- ed/implemented using an algorithm.

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