41. Empirical knowledge pertains to those generated through scientific inquiry ad observation as applied to decision processes . 42. "We let the impending end of the football season influence our decision process , " said Grenewetzki. 43. The decision process was pretty simple, like a voice saying, ` Now's the time . "' 44. Sales representatives often follow the purchase decision process . 45. A wide range of futures scenarios have been put up to help the environmental decision process . 46. Their decision process is described in depth below. 47. Empirical knowledge pertains to those generated through scientific inquiry and observation as applied to decision processes . 48. "They want to keep their decision process to themselves because it's how they make money ." 49. It is instructive to compare the above definition with the definition of a Markov decision process . 50. "This interdependency poses a challenge to the decision process for each party, " the advisory panel said.