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DESCRIBE.DOC TreePlan for DOS, version 2.1 <ASP>
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Last updated: August, 1993
AND AUTHOR INFORMATION
This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to
describe the TreePlan for DOS package, version 2.1.
Disk Vendors and Distributors: Please refer to the VENDOR.DOC
text file.
BBS SYSOPs: Please refer to the SYSOP.DOC text file.
FILE NAMES FOR BBSs
For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
following file names.
If the program and documentation are in separate archive files,
please use the following names. Both names must be posted.
TREDEX21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS Program, version 2.1
TREDUM21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS User's Manual, version 2.1
If the program and documentation are contained within a single
archive file, please use the following name.
TREDOS21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS Program, version 2.1
If the program and documentation are contained within a single
archive file with a limit of six characters (e.g., Compuserve),
please use the following name.
TRED21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS, version 2.1
If the program is compressed using some other file compression
method, then please user the filenames shown above with the
appropriate extension (PAK, ARC, LZH, ZOO, etc.).
KEYWORDS: TREEPLAN DECISION TREE RISK DSS MIDDLETON ASP SHAREWARE
CATEGORY: BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, DECISION SUPPORT
SHORT DESCRIPTIONS
Decision tree software.
Decision tree software for analyzing sequential
decision problems under uncertainty.
MEDIUM DESCRIPTION
TREEPLAN for DOS v2.1 <ASP> - Decision tree
software for structuring risky decisions.
Show sequence of decisions and events over
time. Print tree diagrams. Solve for optimal
strategy. Perform sensitivity analysis of
probability, value, and risk attitude. Find
value of information. Shareware from Decision
Support Services. Registration $29.
LONG DESCRIPTION
TREEPLAN for DOS v2.1 <ASP> is a computer program for analyzing
decision tree models. Decision tree diagrams are especially
appropriate for structuring risky decisions where you show the
sequence of decisions and events over time.
TreePlan decision tree software includes the following features:
Create and modify decision tree models on screen
Print the decision tree diagram, unsolved or solved
Solve (rollback) using expected value or a utility function
Assess risk attitude using an exponential utility function
Automatically compute Expected Value of Perfect Information
Revise prior probabilities using Bayes rule
Perform sensitivity analysis of cash flows, probabilities, or
risk attitude
With TreePlan decision tree software, you choose commands using
horizontal-bar menus, and you have context-sensitive access to
over 500 lines of on-screen help. TreePlan has a built-in sum-of-
branch-cash-flows model for valuing outcomes.
The hundred-page TreePlan User's Manual uses two application
examples to explain decision analysis concepts and terminology.
The documentation also includes complete command reference and a
step-by-step tutorial for building a decision tree diagram.
TreePlan for DOS, version 2.1, is ASP shareware from Decision
Support Services. Registration $29.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registered users receive a formatted, laser-printed, bound copy of
the User's Manual, disk(s) of the latest version, notification of
the next major version, and 90 days of technical support via
postal mail, phone, fax, or Compuserve.
For complete user registration information please refer to the
REGISTER.DOC text file.
SUMMARY INFORMATION
Name: TreePlan for DOS
Description: Decision tree software
Version: 2.1
ASP: Yes
Category: Business Application, Decision Support
Registration: $29 plus shipping $4 U.S. and Canada or $6
elsewhere (printed manual, current disk, upgrade
notice, 90 days technical support)
Requirements: DOS 2.0 or later; 384 KB RAM.
Author: Michael R. Middleton
Company: Decision Support Services
Address: 2105 Buchanan Street, #1
San Francisco, CA 94115
Voice/Fax: (415) 673-6217
Compuserve: 71330,3445
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Michael R. Middleton (Ph.D., Stanford) is currently Professor in
the School of Business at the University of San Francisco. He has
held appointments at California State University, Hayward, and
Eastern Illinois University, and he has been teaching courses in
decision analysis, management science, and statistics for nineteen
years. His current writing projects include TreePlan for Excel (a
decision tree add-in for the Excel spreadsheet) and two tutorial
manuals (Data Analysis Using Excel and Decision Modeling Using
Excel).
PUBLISHER INFORMATION
Decision Support Services is a small software company owned and
operated by Mike Middleton. The company's primary purpose is to
provide high quality decision support software at low prices.
Thank you for your support!
Decision Support Services Voice/Fax (415) 673-6217
2105 Buchanan Street, #1 Compuserve 71330,3445
San Francisco, CA 94115