Problem structuring using computer-aided morphological analysis
- Tom Ritchey
- BusinessJournal of the Operational Research Society
- 15 March 2006
The historical and theoretical background to GMA as a problem structuring method is given, it is compared with a number of other ‘soft-OR’ methods, and a recent application in structuring a complex policy issue involves the development of an extended producer responsibility system in Sweden.
Wicked Problems – Social Messes
- Tom Ritchey
- Computer Science
- 2011
General Morphological Analysis * A general method for non-quantified modelling
- Tom Ritchey
- Materials Science
- 2014
The fundamentals of the morphological approach are outlined and an application in policy analysis is described.
Fritz Zwicky, Morphologie and Policy Analysis
- Tom Ritchey
- Materials Science
- 1998
Fritz Zwicky pioneered the development of morphological analysis (MA) as a method for investigating the totality of relationships contained in multi-dimensional, usually nonquantifiable problem…
Analysis and synthesis: On scientific method – based on a study by bernhard riemann
- Tom Ritchey
- Education
- 1 December 1991
The foundations of analysis and synthesis as scientific methods, and especially the requirements for the successful application of these methods, are dealt with.
General Morphological Analysis (GMA)
- Tom Ritchey
- Materials Science
- 2011
General Morphological Analysis (GMA) is a method for structuring and investigating the total set of relationships contained in multi-dimensional, non-quantifiable, problem complexes. It was…
Modeling Alternative Futures with General Morphological Analysis
- Tom Ritchey
- Materials Science
- 1 February 2011
The fundamentals of the morphological approach are outlined and its use in a number of case studies in scenario development and futures projections done for Swedish government authorities and NGOs are described.
Combining morphological analysis and Bayesian Networks for strategic decision support
- A. D. Waal, Tom Ritchey
- Business
- 1 December 2007
Short summaries of MA and BN are provided in this paper, followed by discussions how these two computer aided methods may be combined to better facilitate modelling procedures.
Outline for a Morphology of Modelling Methods Contribution to a General Theory of Modelling
- A. Generalis, Tom Ritchey
- Business
- 2012
On the basis of this meta-model, requirements for the successful application of different modelling methods - for the study of given systems or objects of scientific enquiry - can be examined.
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