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  1. Endowment effect

    The Endowment Effect , an emotional bias, is the hypothesis that people will value something they already own more than a similar item they don’t own.  This happens even when there is no cause for attachment or even if the item was only obtained li...
  2. Head to Head Analysis

    The Head-to-head- analysis shows how Alternatives compare to each other with respect to an Objective. One alternative is listed on the left side of the graph and the other is listed on the right.  Down the middle of the graph are the objectives ...
  3. Funding Pools

    Funding Pools allow specification of sources of funds as well as what the funds can be used for.  For example, funds from state governments and local governments might be restricted to be used only for certain alternatives (projects).  When setting ...
  4. Absolute Measurement

    Relative measurement in AHP is performed by comparing two elements, e.g., objectives or alternatives, one to another; whereas absolute measurement is performed on each element, e.g., alternatives, one at a time.  There are several ways this is done ...
  5. Nutshell briefings

    The nutshell briefing rule is a quick and easy approach to decision making that can sometimes save time and effort in arriving at adequate judgments; however, reliance on such rules more often results in judgmental errors and can create grossly misl...
  6. Alternatives Grid

    Overview The Alternatives Grid  page shows the alternative priorities with respect to the decision goal for All Participants. These priorities are based on the normalized right eigenvector of the geometric average of the judgments for all partic...
  7. Comparion 2025 Release

    Summary of Changes:   In this release, we are excited to introduce you to the following new functionalities and improvements: Portfolio Canvas Enhancements (Comments, Pagination, and Copy/Paste Min%) Visualization Enhancements (He...
  8. 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 ...
  9. Elements of effective decision making methodologies

    Focus on objectives Compensatory Brainstorming Screening Pros and cons Structuring Qualitative judgment Quantitative data Collaboration Roles Synthesis Identification of inconsistent judgments Consensus Sensi...
  10. Restore and Delete Archived Models

    Archiving a model moves it from the Models List tab to the Archives tab. Archived models cannot be opened.  The Archives  tab lists the models that have been archived from the Models tab.  Archived models contain all the model information and part...