Modeling of collective decisions by the virtual council

The study of methods for collective problem solving and their modeling is an important area of scientific research and has great practical significance. This is especially true of complex heterogeneous problems, including subtasks, each of which must be solved by a specialist (or specialists) in the relevant field of knowledge. The paper presents the results of modeling of the collective decision–making in small groups for the diagnosis of arterial hypertension, namely the results of analysis of known modeling and integration methods of knowledge and support tools for making diagnostic decisions. There are also presented the results of the developing of the “Virtual council” and it’s experimental findings.