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  1. 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...
  2. Constraint Summary

    This page displays the summary of all the constraints:  You can select a scenario using the scenario drop-down and download the report in different formats:  ...
  3. Model Specification

    The Model Specification displays all the formulas defined in the optimization. You can select a scenario using the scenario drop-down. You can download the report in different formats:  For Custom Constraints and Funding Pools, you can s...
  4. Strategic Buckets

    You can set up "Strategic Buckets" by designating categories for the alternatives/projects.  Typical categories might include the type of project, business area addressed, time frame, level of risk, geographical region, etc.  Strategic buckets are ...
  5. Scenario Comparisons

    Scenario Comparisons lets you view several scenarios side by side, making it easy to compare the alternatives properties, objective priorities, and constraints side by side. You can select the scenarios to display using the Scenarios drop-down: ...
  6. Visualizations

    The Visualizations page graphs the alternatives with respect to the covering objectives.  You can plot the alternatives for a specific scenario by selecting the desired scenario in the scenario drop-down: You have several options on plotting t...
  7. Efficient Frontier

    The Efficient Frontier results make it easy to compare several scenarios and see the effects of lower or higher budgets.  Click  to display results: You can select the scenarios to display by using the Scenarios drop-down: When there is mo...
  8. What is Allocate?

    Comparion Resource Allocation helps you if you are deciding on a combination of actions to take, such as a portfolio of capital investments or models.  The allocation step is a powerful way to determine an optimal combination of actions or investmen...
  9. Invite Participants using General Links

    The General Link tab provides a hyperlink and/or invitation instructions that can be used both by registered and unregistered participants . The General Link page is divided into three sections:  General Link type  -  Anonymous, Sign in and Eva...
  10. Accuracy of Derived Priorities

    The accuracy of the priorities computed from pairwise relative comparisons has been validated over the years in numerous studies.   First, it has been shown that for a pairwise comparison matrix A = [ a     ij ] that is consistent (sometimes cal...