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Notes on deciding better.
Decision science, matching markets, game theory and the stories behind the Volley app.

Podcast: new Volley app for life’s tough decisions
Matt Brady talks through the new Volley app: decision templates, a library of biases, and an outcome journal for life's tough decisions.

Volley launches free app for Students
The journey behind Volley Solutions®, a groundbreaking decision-making platform, is one of innovation, adaptability, and a profound commitment to helping

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Large Language Model (LLM): An Incompatible Pair?
One Big Thing: The structured, hierarchical nature of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is fundamentally at odds with the fluid, and sometimes

Vistage Article on Confirmation Bias
Volley was recently featured in an article by Vistage, the world’s most trusted CEO & executive leadership network. Vistage does extensive research in the
INFORMS magazine interview
The following are excerpts from the OR/MS Today interview with Matt Brady, Volley Solutions® Founder & CEO, featured in the July 2022 issue "What's Your
Spreading the word about Decision Science
It's been a busy spring here in the Denver / Boulder region. Not only has the weather been beautiful, but the opportunities to describe what's happening at

Volley for First Principles
One of the many decision templates that Volley provides in the category of Decision Support Systems is for "First Principles" thinking.

Matching Energy: supply & demand for oil
The production of oil, including West Texas Intermediate (WTI), is a complicated process involving many aspects of the supply chain. Add to that the trading

Emergency supply & demand matching
The matching of supply to demand is paramount in the response to COVID-19. During the recent White House Coronavirus daily briefing, various members of the

The story (and science) behind transplant math
Ever wonder how organ transplants are arranged? Not just at an individual level, but at a regional and national level? A trusted advisor to Volley Solutions®

Game theory, simply explained
The science of game theory can be applied across a variety of domains and circumstances. Until fairly recently, game theory has been relegated to the

Matchmakers are everywhere
Multi-sided markets are increasingly being leveraged to create platforms with positive network externalities. To achieve these potent outcomes, a matchmaker
