Decision analysisDecision analysis (DA) is the discipline comprising the philosophy, methodology, and professional practice necessary to address important decisions in a formal manner. Decision analysis includes many procedures, methods, and tools for identifying, clearly representing, and formally assessing important aspects of a decision; for prescribing a recommended course of action by applying the maximum expected-utility axiom to a well-formed representation of the decision; and for translating the formal representation of a decision and its corresponding recommendation into insight for the decision maker, and other corporate and non-corporate stakeholders.
Méthode du consensusDans le monde politique et technique et dans les groupes, tout ou partie des acteurs ont souvent besoin d'appuyer leurs choix et décisions stratégiques sur des « preuves » rationnelles et scientifiques. Or ils sont souvent confrontés à des incertitudes. Pour réduire cette incertitude diverses méthodes ont été au cours du élaborées et affinées, dont les conférences de consensus qui aboutissent parfois à des résultats provisoires mais plus ou moins relativement consensuels. C'est un des moyens de résolution non violente de conflits.
Necessity and sufficiencyIn logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements. For example, in the conditional statement: "If P then Q", Q is necessary for P, because the truth of Q is guaranteed by the truth of P. (Equivalently, it is impossible to have P without Q, or the falsity of Q ensures the falsity of P.) Similarly, P is sufficient for Q, because P being true always implies that Q is true, but P not being true does not always imply that Q is not true.
