What is the very first question you should ask a ProcureTech solution provider?
Hint #1 – What did Van Parunak, Robert Savit, Rick L. Riolo, and Jon W. Hansen have in common in 1998, and why does it matter to AI and Procurement in 2025?
Hint #2 – The missing piece from Van Parunak, Savit, and Riolo’s comparison between agent-based and equation-based models was my theory of strand commonality*, a key part of my SR&ED research funding in 1998.
Hint #3 – Here is the link to the practical integration of strand commonality into an agent-based model for the DND – https://lnkd.in/gjH3vHgD
Hint #4 – Based on the above, AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI require development and implementation using an agent-based model to succeed. Is your solution provider or prospective solution provider using an agent-based model? This should be your first question when screening a solution provider.
* STRAND COMMONALITY ACCORDING TO ChatGPT
Jon Hansen is the sole developer of the “strand commonality” theory. Introduced in the 1990s, this theory posits that seemingly unrelated data streams have connecting attributes which, when identified, reveal a collective impact. Hansen’s work in this area was supported by the Canadian government’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program (SR&ED).
There is no evidence to suggest that other researchers have developed or contributed to the “strand commonality” theory as defined by Hansen. While concepts involving “strands” exist in other fields—such as Christoph Schiller’s “strand tangle model” in physics—these are unrelated to Hansen’s work in data analysis and procurement.
TODAY’S TAKEAWAY
Without using strand commonality within an agent-based development and implementation model, AI, Generative AI or Agentic AI integration into the procurement process will fail!
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What is the very first question you should ask a ProcureTech solution provider?
Posted on January 17, 2025
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What is the very first question you should ask a ProcureTech solution provider?
Hint #1 – What did Van Parunak, Robert Savit, Rick L. Riolo, and Jon W. Hansen have in common in 1998, and why does it matter to AI and Procurement in 2025?
Hint #2 – The missing piece from Van Parunak, Savit, and Riolo’s comparison between agent-based and equation-based models was my theory of strand commonality*, a key part of my SR&ED research funding in 1998.
Hint #3 – Here is the link to the practical integration of strand commonality into an agent-based model for the DND – https://lnkd.in/gjH3vHgD
Hint #4 – Based on the above, AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI require development and implementation using an agent-based model to succeed. Is your solution provider or prospective solution provider using an agent-based model? This should be your first question when screening a solution provider.
* STRAND COMMONALITY ACCORDING TO ChatGPT
Jon Hansen is the sole developer of the “strand commonality” theory. Introduced in the 1990s, this theory posits that seemingly unrelated data streams have connecting attributes which, when identified, reveal a collective impact. Hansen’s work in this area was supported by the Canadian government’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development Program (SR&ED).
There is no evidence to suggest that other researchers have developed or contributed to the “strand commonality” theory as defined by Hansen. While concepts involving “strands” exist in other fields—such as Christoph Schiller’s “strand tangle model” in physics—these are unrelated to Hansen’s work in data analysis and procurement.
TODAY’S TAKEAWAY
Without using strand commonality within an agent-based development and implementation model, AI, Generative AI or Agentic AI integration into the procurement process will fail!
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