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- DESCRIBE.DOC TreePlan for DOS, version 2.1 <ASP>
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- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Last updated: August, 1993
- AND AUTHOR INFORMATION
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- This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to
- describe the TreePlan for DOS package, version 2.1.
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- Disk Vendors and Distributors: Please refer to the VENDOR.DOC
- text file.
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- BBS SYSOPs: Please refer to the SYSOP.DOC text file.
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- FILE NAMES FOR BBSs
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- For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
- following file names.
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- If the program and documentation are in separate archive files,
- please use the following names. Both names must be posted.
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- TREDEX21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS Program, version 2.1
- TREDUM21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS User's Manual, version 2.1
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- If the program and documentation are contained within a single
- archive file, please use the following name.
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- TREDOS21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS Program, version 2.1
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- 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.
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- TRED21.ZIP TreePlan for DOS, version 2.1
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- 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.).
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- KEYWORDS: TREEPLAN DECISION TREE RISK DSS MIDDLETON ASP SHAREWARE
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- CATEGORY: BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, DECISION SUPPORT
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- SHORT DESCRIPTIONS
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- Decision tree software.
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- Decision tree software for analyzing sequential
- decision problems under uncertainty.
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- MEDIUM DESCRIPTION
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- 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.
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- LONG DESCRIPTION
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- 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.
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- TreePlan decision tree software includes the following features:
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- TreePlan for DOS, version 2.1, is ASP shareware from Decision
- Support Services. Registration $29.
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- REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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- 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.
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- For complete user registration information please refer to the
- REGISTER.DOC text file.
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- SUMMARY INFORMATION
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- 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
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- AUTHOR INFORMATION
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- 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).
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- PUBLISHER INFORMATION
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- 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.
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- Thank you for your support!
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- Decision Support Services Voice/Fax (415) 673-6217
- 2105 Buchanan Street, #1 Compuserve 71330,3445
- San Francisco, CA 94115
-