Created with TopBraid Composer A parameter that can be applied as a criteria for selection options in a decision process. For instance, if we want to make a decision from which shop to buy a certain product the driving distance may be important to us, hence, "maximum driving distance" may be a parameter, e.g. with a value of 10 miles. 0 Criteria parameter The weight, i.e. "importance", of a certain criteria for a certain set of options in a decision process. For instance, when deciding on where to buy a certain product, driving distance may have a "high" weight for shops from a certain chain, while it has a "low" weight for shops from another chain, which is my favorite set of shops. Criteria weight A criteria is something by which to evaluate options, when making a decision. For instance, if a decision is to be made from which shop to buy a certain product then one criteria may be the availability of the product, and additional criteria may include the price and the driving distance to the shop. A criteria represents the n-ary relation between a decision, a set of options, one or more parameters, e.g. short driving distance, and a weight describing the importance of that criteria in the decision process. Criteria is weight of criteria A property indicating the criteria this weight is used for. has criteria A property indicating the criteria used for making this decision. is criteria parameter of A property indicating the criteria this parameter is used for. has criteria parameter A property indicating the parameter of a specific criteria. has criteria weight A property indicating the weight of a criteria. criteria for option Property indicating the set of options a particular criteria is applied to. option has criteria A property indicating what criteria is being used to assess this option. is criteria of A property indicating the decision setting where this criteria is used. A datatype property that holds parameter values used for some criteria involved in a decision, e.g. allowing us to say that the maximum driving distance should be below 10 miles, or that a person's age should be above 18. criteria parameter data value