Table 2.
Twenty eight methods identified for the selection tool
| Categories | No. | Methods |
|---|---|---|
| Problem Structuring Methods | 1 | Drama Theory & Confrontation Analysis |
| 2 | Robustness Analysis | |
| 3 | Soft Systems Methodology | |
| 4 | Strategic Choice Approach | |
| 5 | Strategic Options Development and Analysis | |
| Conceptual Modelling Methods | 6 | Activity Diagrams |
| 7 | Communication Diagrams | |
| 8 | Data Flow Diagrams | |
| 9 | Influence Diagrams | |
| 10 | Information Diagrams | |
| 11 | Issue Maps | |
| 12 | State Transition Diagrams | |
| 13 | Swim Lane Activity Diagrams | |
| Mathematical Modelling Methods | 14 | Decision Trees |
| 15 | Markov Modelling | |
| 16 | Multivariate Analysis | |
| 17 | Optimisation Methods | |
| 18 | Petri Nets | |
| 19 | Queuing Theory | |
| 20 | Survival Analysis | |
| Simulation Methods | 21 | Agent Based Simulation |
| 22 | Discrete Event Simulation | |
| 23 | Gaming Simulation | |
| 24 | Hybrid Simulation | |
| 25 | Inverse Simulation | |
| 26 | Monte Carlo Simulation | |
| 27 | Real Time Simulation | |
| 28 | System Dynamics | |