XAI-Based Fuzzy SWOT Maps for Analysis of Complex Systems

The classical SWOT methodology and many of the tools based on it used so far are very static, used for one stable project and lacking dynamics [1]. This paper proposes the idea of combining several SWOT analyses enriched with computing with words (CWW) paradigm into a single network. In this network...

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Main Authors: Meskauskas, Zygimantas, Jasinevicius, Raimundas, Kazanavicius, Egidijus, Petrauskas, Vytautas
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computing with Words
Dynamic SWOT analysis
Fuzzy SWOT Maps
SWOT+CWW network
XAI-Based system analysis
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Summary:The classical SWOT methodology and many of the tools based on it used so far are very static, used for one stable project and lacking dynamics [1]. This paper proposes the idea of combining several SWOT analyses enriched with computing with words (CWW) paradigm into a single network. In this network, individual analysis of the situation is treated as the node. The whole structure is based on fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM) that have forward and backward chaining, so it is called fuzzy SWOT maps. Fuzzy SWOT maps methodology newly introduces the dynamics that projects are interacting, what exists in a real dynamic environment. The whole fuzzy SWOT maps network structure has explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) traits because each node in this network is a "white box"-all the reasoning chain can be tracked and checked why a particular decision has been made, which increases explainability by being able to check the rules to determine why a particular decision was made or why and how one project affects another. To confirm the vitality of the approach, a case with three interacting projects has been analyzed with a developed prototypical software tool and results are delivered.
ISSN:1558-4739
DOI:10.1109/FUZZ48607.2020.9177792