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  1. Manage Participant Groups

    You can add, edit and delete the participants' groups from DEFINE MODEL > Define Participants & Roles > Participants Groups page.   Participant Groups can be used when: Setting up roles and  Displaying results Groups are displayed a...
  2. Install Expert Choice Self host instance

    To install Comparion: Make sure you have saved setup.ini , and then Open a Powershell prompt with elevated Administrator privileges. Navigate to the install directory where  SelfHostSetup.ps1 is located. Make sure your system can run powershe...
  3. Dependencies Constraints

    Dependencies are one of the constraints that can be defined when determining the alternatives to be funded in Resource Allocation .  You can display the dependencies in Table  or List  view.  Dependencies are displayed in the Table view by defa...
  4. Troubleshooting

    What could go wrong? Site at the FQD N specified in the setup.ini doesn't load or is not found You might not have access to the webserver. Try pinging it. IIS not installed or not configured properly. From the webserver with I...
  5. 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...
  6. Single Pairwise Verbal Comparisons

    Pairwise Verbal can be used to express your judgment about the relative importance or preference or likelihood of the two elements.  In the example below, we are asked to compare the relative importance of the two objectives  (Cost of Ownership an...
  7. Utility Curve

    Utility curves are used to convert data into ratio scale priorities.  Utility curves can be increasing or decreasing, linear or non-linear. In the example below we are asked to enter data (Initial Cost: 20,195) for the alternative "Toyota Camry." ...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...