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8. Click on the "Equal" button to tell LDW that you now
prefer A and B equally.
9. LDW will ask you to confirm that the tradeoff is OK
10. Click “OK” and you will return to the assess tradeoffs
dialog box.
Next we will do a tradeoff between price and styling.
1. Select the "Price" and "Styling" measures in the tradeoff
dialog box.
2. Click the "Assess" button.
3. LDW will generate and display a tradeoff comparing
price and styling.
In the tradeoff, assume that we prefer the $15,000 "Ugly" truck
(alternative B) to the $23,000 "Attractive" truck (alternative A).
4. Click the "B" button to tell LDW
5. LDW will redraw the tradeoff graph to let you lower
the price on alternative A to make it more desirable.
Suppose that a price of $17,000 for the "Attractive" truck would
make it equally preferable to the $15,000 "Ugly" truck.
6. Type 17000 in the edit box and press Enter to tell LDW.
7. Click the "Equal" button to tell LDW that A and B are
now equal.
8. LDW will ask you to confirm that the tradeoff is OK.
9. Click “OK” and you will return to the assess tradeoffs
dialog box.
You will see that there are no new assessments needed for the
"Best Truck" goal, so
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