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Klappentext The aim of this book is to clarify what is involved in using decision-aiding software in evaluative decision-making at a non-technical level. Topics covered include the skills that software enhances! the obstacles that it helps overcome! and the applications to diverse fields. Zusammenfassung The aim of this book is to clarify what is involved in using decision-aiding software in evaluative decision-making at a non-technical level. Topics covered include the skills that software enhances! the obstacles that it helps overcome! and the applications to diverse fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 An overview of the decision-aiding software: a microcomputer program for decision-making. Part 2 Skills the software enhances: choosing among alternatives; allocating scarce resources; explaining and predicting behaviour; teaching. Part 3 Obstacles the software helps overcomes: multiple dimensions on multiple goals; multiple missing information; multiple and possibly conflicting constraints; the need for simplicity in spite of all that multiplicity. Part 4 Applications to diverse fields: public policy problems; law problems; all fields of knowledge. Part 5 Supplementary materials: the menu trade for the decision-aiding software; testimonials for the software.
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Part 1 An overview of the decision-aiding software: a microcomputer program for decision-making. Part 2 Skills the software enhances: choosing among alternatives; allocating scarce resources; explaining and predicting behaviour; teaching. Part 3 Obstacles the software helps overcomes: multiple dimensions on multiple goals; multiple missing information; multiple and possibly conflicting constraints; the need for simplicity in spite of all that multiplicity. Part 4 Applications to diverse fields: public policy problems; law problems; all fields of knowledge. Part 5 Supplementary materials: the menu trade for the decision-aiding software; testimonials for the software.
