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  1. Sunk costs

    A Sunk Cost is a cost that is incurred and can not be meaningfully recovered by any practical means. 1   For example, a business may have invested a million dollars in new hardware.  This money is now gone and cannot be recovered, so it shouldn’t ...
  2. Iteration

    Iteration is the act of repeating a process to generate a sequence of outcomes, with the aim of approaching a desired goal, target, or result.  Each repetition of the process is also called an iteration .  The results of one iteration are used as...
  3. Page Lookup

    The Page Lookup allows you to open a dialog box that lists all the Comparion pages.  T his can be found by clicking the magnifying glass icon at the top right of the page. Y ou can expand/collapse the menus.  You can search for the page na...
  4. Configure the setup.ini

    Replace the instances comparion.example.com   of your FQDN fully qualified domain name), eg. comparion.acme.org   in the setup.ini file. Set the DB_COMPARION  value to the name you wish to call your Comparion database. Leave OPTIONS_ForceSS...
  5. Model Snapshots

    Model Snapshots allows you to restore your Comparion model to a specific snapshot or restore point. You can open Snapshots from the upper right menu as shown above, which is available on every page when the model is open, or in the Model's ...
  6. Collect Input -- Dynamic Sensitivity

    The Project Manager can show or hide the Sensitivity Analysis at the end of the Collect Input steps.  The purpose of the sensitivity analyses is to graphically see how the alternative priorities would change if the priorities of the objectives or ...
  7. Allowing Pop-ups (Browsers Pop-up Blocker)

    There are some places in Comparion where a new window or tab will need to be opened.  Browsers often prevent these pop-ups from displaying unless you give permission to do so. Google Chrome By default, Google Chrome blocks pop-ups from automat...
  8. Multi-pairwise Verbal Comparison Evaluation

    Pairwise comparisons are entered on a screen, as shown in the figure below, by clicking on or between words that express your judgment about the relative importance or preference or likelihoods (see Pairwise Comparisons Contexts) of the two elements...
  9. Relative Measurement

    Relative measurement consists of pairwise comparisons of two elements with respect to some higher level element in the hierarchy.   For example, a judgment can be made about the relative importance of two objectives with respect to the goal, or ...
  10. Comparion Sample Models

    Comparion Sample Models can be added to your workgroup (some may already be in your workgroup). 1. Click on the link to download a sample model file and save it somewhere on your computer. 2. From the Manage Models page, click the "New from File" ...