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1. Select the Assess::Common Units option 2. Select the "Styling" measure. Make sure the "direct Assessment" method has been selected 3. Click the "Assess" button. You will see a bar graph like the one in Figure 4-8. Figure 4-8. Initial SUF assessment screen for Styling measure. In the figure, each label has a bar showing its utility. The "Attractive" label has the highest utility of 1.0, while the "Ugly" label has the lowest utility of 0.0 (no bar). The other labels have intermediate utilities. You can adjust the utility for a label by entering a new utility in its edit box or by dragging the end of a bar with your mouse. Lets change the utility of the "Mediocre" bar from 0.25 to 0.20. To do this: 1. Enter 0.2 in the edit box next to “Mediocre” and press Enter We'll keep the other utilities the same. Click "Done" when you are finished. Defining Preferences Over Goals You have defined two goals, "Performance" and "Best Truck" in the example. Now you will define the weights (relative importances) 4-16 Section 4 -- Introductory Tutorial

of the members of these two goals. You will do this using the Assess::Weights option. When you select this option. You will see the weight assessment dialog box. You use this dialog box to set up the weight assessments for the goals. We will assess weights for the "Performance" goal and then for the "Best Truck" goal. To begin the “Performance” goal assessment: 1. Select the Assess::Weights option. 2. In the dialog box, click the “Weights” tab to go to the weight assessment part of the dialog box. 3. Select "Performance" from the list of goals at the top of the dialog box. We will be using the "tradeoff" approach for weight assessments. 4. Select the ‘tradeoff” weight assessment method from the list. It should already be highlighted, but select it if it is not. 5. Click the "Assess" button to begin the tradeoff assessment 6. When you do this, you will see the tradeoff assessment dialog box. The tradeoff assessment dialog box is where you will identify pairs of members under the "Performance" goal to use in tradeoffs. To identify the two members for the next tradeoff, pick one from the "First Member:" list and one from the "Second Member:" list. Since the "Performance Goal" only has two members, one will always be highlighted in each list. Thus, we can go directly to the tradeoff assessment window by 1. Clicking the "Assess" button. Section 4 -- Introductory Tutorial 4-17

1. Select the Assess::Common Units option<br />

2. Select the "Styling" measure. Make sure the "direct<br />

Assessment" method has been selected<br />

3. Click the "Assess" button.<br />

You will see a bar graph like the one in Figure 4-8.<br />

Figure 4-8. Initial SUF assessment screen for Styling measure.<br />

In the figure, each label has a bar showing its utility. The<br />

"Attractive" label has the highest utility of 1.0, while the "Ugly"<br />

label has the lowest utility of 0.0 (no bar). The other labels have<br />

intermediate utilities. You can adjust the utility for a label by<br />

entering a new utility in its edit box or by dragging the end of a<br />

bar with your mouse. Lets change the utility of the "Mediocre" bar<br />

from 0.25 to 0.20. To do this:<br />

1. Enter 0.2 in the edit box next to “Mediocre” and press<br />

Enter<br />

We'll keep the other utilities the same. Click "Done" when you are<br />

finished.<br />

Defining Preferences Over Goals<br />

You have defined two goals, "Performance" and "Best Truck" in the<br />

example. Now you will define the weights (relative importances)<br />

4-16 Section 4 -- Introductory Tutorial

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