1000minds implements the PAPRIKA method to help organizations, individuals and groups to make decisions based on considering multiple objectives or criteria (i.e. multiple-criteria decision analysis). 1000minds conjoint analysis involves surveying people about their preferences with respect to the relative importance of features or attributes characterizing products or other objects of interest.
In addition, a free consumer-oriented web application based on 1000minds technology to help with 'everyday' decision-making, known as MeenyMo, was released in 2016.[6][7]
Overview
1000minds helps with decisions that involve ranking, prioritizing or choosing between alternatives when multiple objectives or criteria need to be considered simultaneously (i.e. multi-criteria decision making). Depending on the application, budgets or other scarce resources can also be allocated across competing alternatives in pursuit of maximum 'value for money'.[1][2]
The PAPRIKA method is used to determine the relative importance of criteria or attributes and rank alternatives.[8] Invented by Franz Ombler and Paul Hansen at the University of Otago,[9] the PAPRIKA method is based on pairwise comparisons, as illustrated in the accompanying image.
An AI assistant was added to 1000minds in 2023, implementing OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology.[10] The AI assistant suggests criteria and examples of alternatives for the decision at hand; and then the user’s personal preferences or expert knowledge with respect to the relative importance of the criteria are elicited using PAPRIKA, resulting in the alternatives being ranked.
1000minds is also for group decision-making, involving potentially hundreds or thousands of participants – working together or individually with their results aggregated.
1000minds conjoint analysis surveys are for discovering consumers' or other stakeholders' preferences with respect to the relative importance – represented by 'part-worth utilities' or 'weights' – of the features or attributes characterizing products or other objects of interest (i.e. choice modelling, conjoint analysis and discrete choice).
Applications
As well as business, government and non-profit organizations, 1000minds is used for research, as evidenced by the citations below – at over 750 universities and other research organizations worldwide, including for teaching.[11] 1000minds (originally branded as Point Wizard) and several of its applications have won or been a finalist for a number of innovation awards.[10][12][13][14][15][16]
Examples of areas in which 1000minds has been used include the following.
^ abWeistroffer, H. Roland; Li, Yan (2016). "Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis Software". Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Vol. 233. Springer, New York, NY. pp. 1301–1341. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3094-4_29. ISBN978-1-4939-3093-7.
^Smith, K. F. (2011). "The use of conjoint analysis to determine the relative importance of specific traits as selection criteria for the improvement of perennial pasture species in Australia". Crop and Pasture Science. 62: 355. doi:10.1071/CP10320.
^Hansen, P.; Ombler, F. (2008). "A new method for scoring additive multi-attribute value models using pairwise rankings of alternatives". Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. 15 (3–4): 87–107. doi:10.1002/mcda.428.
^Scott, L. (April 2008), "Minds over Matter", North and South, pp. 28–29
^Wagstaff, Adam (21 September 2005). "Asian Innovation Awards: contenders stress different ways of thinking". The Asian Wall Street Journal.
^Hansen, Paul; Hendry, Alison; Naden, Ray; Ombler, Franz; Stewart, Ralph (2012). "A new process for creating points systems for prioritising patients for elective health services". Clinical Governance. 17 (3): 200–209. doi:10.1108/14777271211251318.
^Gwynne-Jones, David P.; Iosua, Ella E.; Stout, Kirsten M. (1 May 2016). "Rationing for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Score: Effectiveness and Comparison With Patient-Reported Scores". The Journal of Arthroplasty. 31 (5): 957–962. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2015.11.022. ISSN0883-5403. PMID26944014.
^Fitzgerald, Avril; de Coster, Carolyn; McMillan, Stewart; Naden, Ray; Armstrong, Fraser; Barber, Alison; Cunning, Les; Conner-Spady, Barbara; Hawker, Gillian; Lacaille, Diane; Lane, Carolyn; Mosher, Dianne; Rankin, Jim; Sholter, Dalton; Noseworthy, Tom (2011). "Relative urgency for referral from primary care to rheumatologists: The Priority Referral Score". Arthritis Care & Research. 63 (2): 231–239. doi:10.1002/acr.20366. ISSN2151-464X. PMID20890984. S2CID205221379.
^White, Douglas; Solanki, Kamal; Quincey, Vicki; Minett, Andrew; Tam, Gordon; Doube, Alan; Naden, Ray (2015). "Development of a Multidimensional Additive Points System for Determining Access to Rheumatology Services". Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 21 (5): 239–243. doi:10.1097/RHU.0000000000000274. ISSN1076-1608. PMID26203827. S2CID32974482.
^Aletaha, Daniel (2015), "Classification of rheumatoid arthritis", in Emery, Paul (ed.), Atlas of Rheumatoid Arthritis, vol. 1, Springer Healthcare, pp. 3–21, doi:10.1007/978-1-907673-91-7_1, ISBN978-1-907673-90-0
^Shiboski, Caroline H.; Shiboski, Stephen C.; Seror, Raphaèle; Criswell, Lindsey A.; Labetoulle, Marc; Lietman, Thomas M.; Rasmussen, Astrid; Scofield, Hal; Vitali, Claudio; Bowman, Simon J.; Mariette, Xavier (1 January 2017). "2016 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for primary Sjögren9s syndrome". Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76 (1): 9–16. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210571. ISSN0003-4967. PMID27789466. S2CID25716098.
^French, Simon D.; Bennell, Kim L.; Nicolson, Philippa J. A.; Hodges, Paul W.; Dobson, Fiona L.; Hinman, Rana S. (2015). "What Do People With Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis Need to Know? An International Consensus List of Essential Statements for Osteoarthritis". Arthritis Care & Research. 67 (6): 809–816. doi:10.1002/acr.22518. ISSN2151-464X. PMID25418120. S2CID205225125.
^Pinto, Daniel; Danilovich, Margaret K.; Hansen, Paul; Finn, Daniel J.; Chang, Rowland W.; Holl, Jane L.; Heinemann, Allen W.; Bockenholt, Ulf (1 June 2017). "Qualitative Development of a Discrete Choice Experiment for Physical Activity Interventions to Improve Knee Osteoarthritis". Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 98 (6): 1210–1216.e1. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2016.11.024. ISSN0003-9993. PMID28034720.
^Golan, Ofra; Hansen, Paul; Kaplan, Giora; Tal, Orna (2011). "Health technology prioritization: Which criteria for prioritizing new technologies and what are their relative weights?". Health Policy. 102 (2–3): 126–35. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.012. PMID21071107.
^Chhun, Sophal; Kahui, Viktoria; Moller, Henrik; Thorsnes, Paul (2015). "Advancing Marine Policy Toward Ecosystem-Based Management by Eliciting Public Preferences". Marine Resource Economics. 30 (3): 261–275. doi:10.1086/681052. hdl:10523/7118. ISSN0738-1360. S2CID154046715.
^Graff, P.; McIntyre, S. (2014). "Using ecological attributes as criteria for the selection of plant species under three restoration scenarios". Austral Ecology. 39 (8): 907–917. Bibcode:2014AusEc..39..907G. doi:10.1111/aec.12156. hdl:11336/4243.
^de Olde, Evelien M.; Moller, Henrik; Marchand, Fleur; McDowell, Richard W.; MacLeod, Catriona J.; Sautier, Marion; Halloy, Stephan; Barber, Andrew; Benge, Jayson; Bockstaller, Christian; Bokkers, Eddie A. M.; de Boer, Imke J. M.; Legun, Katharine A.; Le Quellec, Isabelle; Merfield, Charles; Oudshoorn, Frank W.; Reid, John; Schader, Christian; Szymanski, Erika; Sørensen, Claus A. G.; Whitehead, Jay; Manhire, Jon (11 May 2016). "When experts disagree: the need to rethink indicator selection for assessing sustainability of agriculture". Environment, Development and Sustainability. 19 (4): 1327. doi:10.1007/s10668-016-9803-x. hdl:10523/7113. S2CID62803197.
^Christofferson, Andrew (2007), "Housing choice in Dunedin"(PDF), City Planning, District Plan Monitoring Series, Research Report, vol. 2007/1
^Moura, Filipe; Cambra, Paulo; Gonçalves, Alexandre B. (2016). "Measuring walkability for distinct pedestrian groups with a participatory assessment method: A case study in Lisbon". Landscape and Urban Planning. 157: 282–296. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.07.002.
^Chang, Shoou-Yuh; Gronwald, Frank (1 May 2016). "A Multi-criteria Evaluation of the Methods for Recycling Scrap Tires". The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management. 42 (2): 145–156. doi:10.5276/JSWTM.2016.145.
^Nielsen, H. M.; Amer, P. R.; Byrne, T. J. (2013). "Approaches to formulating practical breeding objectives for animal production systems". Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A. 64 (1): 2–12. doi:10.1080/09064702.2013.827237. ISSN0906-4702. S2CID84895619.
^Smith, K. F.; Fennessy, P. F. (2011). "The use of conjoint analysis to determine the relative importance of specific traits as selection criteria for the improvement of perennial pasture species in Australia". Crop and Pasture Science. 62 (4): 355–65. doi:10.1071/CP10320.
^Smith, K. F.; Ludemann, C.; Lewis, C. D.; Malcolm, B.; Banks, R. G.; Jacobs, J. L.; Fennessy, P. F.; Spangenberg, G. C. (2014). "Estimating the value of genetic gain in perennial pastures with emphasis on temperate species". Crop and Pasture Science. 65 (11): 1230. doi:10.1071/CP13384. ISSN1836-0947. S2CID84123507.
^Whiting, Rosalind; Hansen, Paul; Sen, Anindya (2017). "A tool for measuring SMEs' reputation, engagement and goodwill: A New Zealand exploratory study". Journal of Intellectual Capital. 18 (1): 170–188. doi:10.1108/JIC-02-2016-0028. ISSN1469-1930.
^Ford, Rebecca; Sumavsk, Ondrej; Clarke, Auren; Thorsnes, Paul (2014). "Personalized Energy Priorities: A User-Centric Application for Energy Advice". Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Everyday Life Applications and Services. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 8519. pp. 542–553. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07635-5_52. hdl:10523/4949. ISBN978-3-319-07634-8. ISSN0302-9743.
^Cunningham, Harry; Knowles, Stephen; Hansen, Paul (12 March 2017). "Bilateral foreign aid: how important is aid effectiveness to people for choosing countries to support?". Applied Economics Letters. 24 (5): 306–310. doi:10.1080/13504851.2016.1184372. hdl:10523/6393. ISSN1350-4851. S2CID29778171.