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  1. Synthesis

    Synthesis involves putting together or combining parts into a whole.  Analysis - the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements - is the opposite of synthesis. 1 Organizations have become quite good at doing analys...
  2. Compensatory

    Compensatory decisions are rational decisions.  In compensatory decisions, poor performance of alternatives with respect to some objectives can be overcome with excellent performance with respect to other objectives.  For instance, a plane ticket th...
  3. Select Participants and Groups

    You can display the Alternatives and Objectives priorities in Grids and Charts for one or more participants or groups. Click  to expand the toolbar options, if collapsed.  Clicking  will open a window displaying the participants and groups of th...
  4. Collect Input -- Overall Priorities

    The priorities of the alternatives with respect to the Goal are shown on this screen: Desktop Mobile Clicking on a lower level node in the objectives hierarchy will display the alternative priorities with respect to that node.   Deskt...
  5. Edit Evaluation Question

    The Project Manager can edit the evaluation phrase to make it more suitable to the model or clearer to the evaluators. This is done by clicking the pencil icon.  The wording phrase editor will be displayed where you can edit the question:  ...
  6. Direct Priority Entry

    The Direct Priority Input method can be used when evaluating objectives with respect to another objective or when evaluating alternatives with respect to an objective. In the example below, we are asked to evaluate all the objectives with respect t...
  7. Tips and Tricks

  8. Change Admin password

    Log in as admin From the System Manager drop-down at the upper right, choose Personal Settings Specify a new password or click the Generate link to have one generated for you Make sure you save the new admin password somewhere you’ll be able to ...
  9. Relevant Constraints

    Relevant Constraints are constraints that are used by the optimizer for that scenario.  If a relevant constraint is removed or modified, the current solution will change.  You can select a scenario using the scenario drop-down and download t...
  10. Levels Of Measurement

    Not all numbers have the same meaning in terms of what operations can be legitimately performed on them.  In order for operations like addition and multiplication with numbers to be mathematically meaningful, the numbers must possess certain proper...