I touched on how decision analysts have
a wide range of software tools available
to support their mission “[to evaluate]
complex alternatives in the light of uncertainty, value preferences and risk preferences,” as Dennis Buede defined it in the
first survey 21 years ago. [1] This year’s
list of decision analysis software packages reinforces how decision tools continue
to evolve and provide analysts with more
and more horsepower to transform the
increasingly vast amounts of available
information into decision advantage.
The Survey
In terms of its approach and collection
methods, this year’s survey did not stray
from previous iterations. An online questionnaire was provided to vendors based
a na l y t i c s
Survey directory & data
To view the directory of decision
analysis software vendors, software
products and survey results,
click here.
on previous participation or the staff’s
knowledge of a new product. Vendors
who did not receive the original questionnaire can still provide their software’s
information to the survey results online
by contacting Patton McGinley (patton@
lionhrtpub.com). Just as in 2012 and previous years, this publication provides the
vendor responses verbatim and does not
intend for the results to imply quality or
cost effectiveness. Rather, the list serves
to raise awareness of the variety of tools
available.
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