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In the window, the upper pane shows the current overall utilities
for the alternatives. The lower pane shows the weights for the
goals and measures. (The weights are adjusted to sum to 1.0 if
there are interactions).
Goals are shown in green at the top of the pane, and measures are
shown in blue below the goals. You can temporarily adjust the
weight for a measure or goal in the lower pane and see the effect
on the alternatives' utilities in the upper pane.
You adjust a weight for a measure or goal by changing the length
of its bar. To change a bar's length, you drag its right hand edge.
When finish dragging, LDW will redraw the bar and the weight
for the member will be updated based on the bar’s proportional
length.
You can also directly enter a new weight by clicking on the
current weight. An edit bor where you can enter the new weight
will appear.
After you adjust a weight, the weights for the other goals and
measures will be increased or decreased to ensure that the
weights sum to 1.0. LDW will then use these adjusted weights to
recalculate the overall utilities for the alternatives. The upper
pane will be adjusted to reflect the new utilities.
The changes you make in the dynamic sensitivity graph are only
temporary. When you close the window the weights and
alternative utilities will revert to what they were before.
Dynamic Sensitivity Options. The Sensitivity menu appears
when you select the Results::Dynamic Sensitivity option. It has
two options.
The Sensitivity::Restore Weights option restores all of the weights
(and bars) to the values they had when you first created the
window.
The Sensitivity::Save Weights option saves the current weights in
a new preference set called “Sensitivity.” The other information,
such as the single measure utility functions (SUFs), is copied from
the active preference set with no change.
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