Decision Framework for Technology Choice. Volume 2: Decision Analysis User's Manual

摘要

A computer program was developed to aid decision makers in choosing among alternatives. It facilitiates the implementation of the decision analysis approach to multiobjective decision-making problems. The program's main functions are to store the information and perform all the necessary computations required by the approach. The program is designed so that only a few basic commands need to be understood in order to use it effectively. The style of input can be both batch and interactively oriented. Detailed specification of preferences and alternatives is usually done in batch mode while sensitivity analysis can be performed interactively. The output consists of ranking, preference and alternative information displays. The program is quite general and should be applicable to a wide variety of problems. The code allows for an interface to user supplied models when that is desirable. It is designed to run on most computer systems without or with very minor system-specific modifications. This report presents a user's manual for the program that includes a simple illustrative example. (ERA citation 07:043876)