An Experimental Application of the Delphi Method to the Use of Experts

By N. Dalkey, O. Helmer. 1963

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Black-Box vs. White-Box: Understanding Their Advantages and Weaknesses From a Practical Point of View (2019, methodology): “by using the opinions of several experts in the application area? A statistical method for validating the suitability of an applied machine learning model by using the opinions of several experts in the application area is the Delphi method [165], [166].”
Use of expert knowledge to elicit population trends for the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) (2016, methodology): “They used a modified version of the Delphi process for structured group decision-making (Dalkey & Helmer, 1963; Burgman et al., 2011).”
Quantifying multiple threats to endangered species: an example from loggerhead sea turtles (2011, methodology): “Our methods did not formally involve the Delphic approach (a structured process for reaching decisions based on expert opinions; Dalkey and Helmer 1963) to assign magnitudes to threats, but this would provide an option for a similar threats analysis where mortality data are lacking. n…”
A Delphi-based risk analysis — Identifying and assessing future challenges for supply chain security in a multi-stakeholder environment (2013, methodology): “1963 [50] Management”
Wiki: A Technology for Conversational Knowledge Management and Group Collaboration (2004, methodology): “This approach is analogous to the Delphi method [Dalkey and Helmer, 1963], but without the use of questionnaires.”
Delphi Panels: Research Design, Procedures, Advantages, and Challenges (2016, methodology): “Second, face-to-face group discussions where participants voiced individual opinions and arrived at a collective conclusion were often less accurate than the opinions of individuals when averaged without discussion (Dalkey & Helmer, 1963).”
Digital Supply Chain Transformation toward Blockchain Integration (2017, unknown): “This type of group communication process is effective in allowing a group of individuals as a whole, to deal with a complex problem as discussed in Delphi method literature [37], [38], [39], [40], [41].”
Identification of critical success factors, risks and opportunities of Industry 4.0 in SMEs (2019, methodology): “Dalkey and Helmer (1963) state that in the absence of sound scientific justification, the experts’ judgments may be relevant.”
Quantitative syntheses of the effects of administrative segregation on inmates’ well-being. (2016, methodology): “4 Before the arrival of statistical methods, the Delphi method (i.e., a structured communication technique that relies on a panel of experts; see Dalkey & Helmer, 1963) and client self-report were used, which can still be useful in defining change categories.”
Experimentation in Software Engineering (2012, methodology): “This is the case with, for example interviews, focus groups, Delphi surveys [40], and observations with “think aloud protocols” [129].”