Disk No:  953
Program Title:  DECISION ANALYSIS SYSTEM, release 2.03
PC-SIG version:  2

DECISION ANALYSIS SYSTEM (DAS) provides a forum for analyzing difficult
problems logically and systematically.  It enables you to formulate
effective decision strategies, consistent with basic personal judgments
and preferences.  DAS is an innovative, yet remarkably easy package to
use, it consists of two separate and independent application programs:
the Decision Matrix Method (DMM), and the Pairwise Comparison Method
(PCM).

DMM is designed to be used primarily with tangible and easily
quantifiable data.  Utilizing a matrix of criteria and alternatives, DMM
is extremely easy to use providing you with an unbiased ranking of
alternatives considered.  It discards dominated or substandard
alternatives and then ranks the remaining alternatives in order of
preference by using a number of sophisticated mathematical and
management science techniques.

PCM, on the other hand, is designed to deal specifically with subjective
assessments and evaluations of alternatives and criteria.  Problems are
modeled using a hierarchial structure with elements in this hierarchy
compared in pairs.  The advantage of this is that it helps you to focus
your attention on each part of the problem separately.  Based on your
inputs, PCM will calculate your subjective judgment consistency and it
will quantify the impact of each element in the hierarchy on your
overall goal.  For example it may quantify a set of alternatives based
on some subjective criteria.  PCM is not only useful in decision making
problems, but also in any other area where you find it difficult but
necessary to quantify a number of subjective factors.

The first method is objective while the latter is subjective, thus the
complete package offers you two methods for analyzing alternatives.  DAS
represents a scientific approach to replace intuition and speculation,
while preserving such qualitative factors as experience and judgment.
The shareware edition of this package is equivalent to the commercial
version, except that new problems which you create, can only be saved
for future reference by printing, they may not be saved to disk.

Usage:  Problem Solving, Decision Making.

Special Requirements:  None.

How to Start:  Type GO (press enter).

Registration Fee:  $65.00 for individual modules DMM or PCM, $95.00 for
both.

File Descriptions:

DAS      EXE  Main program.
DMM      EXE  Decision Matrix Method, use with tangible data.
PCM      EXE  Pairwise Comparison Method, use with subjective data.
MANUAL   EXE  Program for printing users manual on any printer.
DAS      TXT  Users manual, 40 pages.
CAR      DMM  Sample data file, car purchase problem.
DAYCARE  DMM  Sample data file, selecting a location for a new daycare.
CAR      PCM  Sample data file, car purchase problem.
LINE     PCM  Sample data file, estimating relative lengths of lines.
BENEFIT  PCM  Sample data file, benefits of a large transportation project.
COST     PCM  Sample data file, costs of a large transportation project.
XYZCOMP  PCM  Sample data file, performance evaluation of a company.

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