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between [0:12] to [0:16] and [0:30] to [1:02]. On the contrary, Team A has fewer prob-
lem statements (Figure 9.6a).
9.4.2.2 Solution-Space Decisions
To analyze decision making in the solution space, we divide the decision process into three
general steps: generating a solution option, evaluating the pros and cons of the available
options when there is more than one solution option, and selecting a solution from the
available options. In encoding the protocols, Teams A and M made 106 and 124 solu-
tion generation statements, 17 and 16 evaluation statements, and 30 and 32 selection state-
ments, respectively. e numbers of solution state ...