Logical Decisions - Classweb

! Describe your alternatives using probabilities.
! Organize your measures into a hierarchy showing how
the measures relate to your overall goals.
! Assess your preferences graphically.
! Model interactions between the evaluation measures.
! Quickly find the important differences between any
two alternatives.
! Display the effects of changes in the weights for the
measures.
You can use LDW for many types of problems. You can use it for
personal decisions like choosing the best car or truck to buy, for
business decisions like who to hire or what to invest in, or for
large scale planning decisions, like the Air Force did to help
them decide the mix of capabilities most useful to them in the next
century. The possibilities are endless.
Organization of Manual
Section 2 tells you how to install LDW. Section 3 briefly describes
the features of the program. Sections 4 and 5 are a tutorial
introduction and Sections 6 through 8 describe in detail how to
use the program. Section 9 is a more detailed discussion of the
ideas behind LDW. Section 10 gives several real-life examples of
how to use LDW. Section 11 is a summary of all of LDW's menus
and options. Section 12 is the glossary. Finally, there is a brief
bibliography and an appendix summarizing some of the
mathematics used in the program.
1-2 Section 1 -- Introduction