Sunday, October 13, 2002
Better Decision Making With Your Pocket PC
Posted by Brad Adrian in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:22 PM
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=28954
The folks at 3D Net Productions have announced a new version of their PocketAI software, a tool for decision making.
"This unique decision wizard turns your PDA into an artificial intelligence thinking machine using boolean and fuzzy logic. Now you have a decision helper useful in a variety of decision making situations such as personal decisions, business decisions, buying decisions, etc. "
I've played with this for a while and it is kind of interesting. Basically, the user enters in decision critieria; if shopping for a car, they might be "color," "speed" and "cost." Then, you enter weights for how important each criteria is to the decsion. Finally, you score the candidates according to each criteria, and the software calculates the "winner." It's not necessarily the kind of thing I'd use for simple decisions (although PocketAI does come with a "Magic Eight Ball Mode"), but it can help make choices a bit more objective.
The folks at 3D Net Productions have announced a new version of their PocketAI software, a tool for decision making.
"This unique decision wizard turns your PDA into an artificial intelligence thinking machine using boolean and fuzzy logic. Now you have a decision helper useful in a variety of decision making situations such as personal decisions, business decisions, buying decisions, etc. "
I've played with this for a while and it is kind of interesting. Basically, the user enters in decision critieria; if shopping for a car, they might be "color," "speed" and "cost." Then, you enter weights for how important each criteria is to the decsion. Finally, you score the candidates according to each criteria, and the software calculates the "winner." It's not necessarily the kind of thing I'd use for simple decisions (although PocketAI does come with a "Magic Eight Ball Mode"), but it can help make choices a bit more objective.
