Title :
Improvement and application of the Delphi method
Author :
Ji, Wen ; Wang, Jianhui ; Fang, Xiaoke ; Gu, Shusheng
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Eng, Northeastern Univ., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
In view of extreme points of the Delphi method, this paper introduces the penalty factor to improve it and overcome the influence of subjective factors. Then, it applies the improved Delphi method to determine weight factor of stroke rehabilitation evaluation indicator in the context of stroke rehabilitation evaluation system. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the improved method.
Keywords :
forecasting theory; indicators; patient rehabilitation; Delphi method; penalty factor; stroke rehabilitation evaluation indicator; subjective factors; weight factor; Accuracy; Context; Educational institutions; Expert systems; Hydrogen; Indexes; Simulation; Delphi method; evaluation; penalty factor; stroke;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), 2012 10th World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1397-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2012.6359147
