Maintenance updates are releases of Logical Decisions with a number like 6.10.xx. The most recent update is version 6.10.04. The last version 5.1 release was 5.133. Below are the changes that were made with each maintenance update.
Added import/export SUFs to excel
Added copy sufs or weights among preference sets
Modified common units dialog box to be easier to use
Added check for exclusion in portfolio benefit/cost with constraints method
Fixed bug computing efficient frontier with variants and no MUF for benefits
goal
Automatically delete NEW ALTERNATIVE when importing by append or update and
append
Now trims trailing whitespace from text labels
Now assigns default utility of 0.0 instead of 1.0 to new labels
Initialize alternatives to "Low" when changing to labels
Assign last label in list when label not found for an alternative
Revises alternative levels when changing label name
Shows label not found in cutoff summary
Shows labels instead of numbers in cutoff summary when used
Improved trapping of cancel button when optimizing portfolio
Fixed bug scrolling portfolios in portfolio window
Added limit on iterations for optimization as scenario member
Increased file type to 48
Added option to create groups from a measure with labels
Added ability to hide groups in portfolio window
Changed default sort in portfolio window to benefit/cost descending for groups
and cost ascending for alternatives
Remember portfolio window sort for duration of ldw session
Improved display of other bar in stacked bar ranking
Corrected saving of smarter weights after assessment
Corrected calculation of smarter weights when ties present
Fixes to quick entry window
Fixed operation of scroll wheel
Changed effect of enter key in matrix view to move to next cell down
Improved export to spreadsheet
Fixed problems with saving of preference set matrix to spreadsheet
Fixed problem finding help file
Fixes to increase speed of imports
"Official" release of integrated portfolio tool
Fixed bug selecting wrong budget in allocation constraint definition
Added at most and at least versions of allocation constraint
Fixed bug causing very long measure names to blow upon import
Fixed bug deleting scenario with portfolio windows open
Added Order of Buy and Piano Roll options to efficient frontier
Added scroll through portfolios option in portfolio window
Added preview next and last portfolios options to portfolio window
Added enter key option to help menu
fixed bug blowing up in portfolio version when deleting multiple alternatives
fixed bug blowing up when displaying portfolio window after adding alternatives
with an existing portfolio
added "at most N" constraint type
added cleanup when deleting group member
Improved error checking for reply system in group version
Added com port test button in reply system setup dialog
Fixed bug showing incorrect group participant in graph weights option
Fixed bug incorrectly exporting uniform probability distribution
Fixed bug saving after promote/demote
Fixed bug not restoring active group member weights after graph weights
Fixed bug not exporting all of large goals hierarchy, probabilities, weights
Fixed bug improperly sorting measure categories in matrix view
Fixed bug not displaying group information when using AHP
Fixed bug starting group assessment in smart method
Fixed bug when deleting goal used for scenario benefit
Fixed bug causing incorrect scaling of differences in compare alternatives
Fixed bug causing incorrect loading of group input information
Fixed bug causing blowup in Quick Entry view
fixed bug causing blowup in second tradeoff interaction assessment
fixed bug causing incorrect treatment of directly entered utilities when doing
simulation for probabilistic levels
fixed bug causing blowup when selecting dynamic sensitivity options with upper
pane selected
fixed bug causing restore weights option in dynamic sensitivity to not function
fixed bug causing IO error when reading certain older LDW files
fixed bug causing blowup when entering long strings into compute utilities
dialog
changed uncertainty bars in ranking results to reflect median, .25, .75, .05,
.95, min and max levels
fixed bug causing incorrect display of scatter diagrams
improved error handling for Excel file sharing violations
fixed bug causing blowup when canceling Review::Common Units dialog
fixed bug causing Excel import cells with formulas to have zero value
Fixed bug causing error when importing weights
added option to select goal and member/measures for compare
alternatives
added option to show/not show preference set, title, footnote in display windows
added portfolio, group, efficient frontier and scenario to name preferences
dialog
added title and footnote to import export excel files
added import/export weights, goals hierarchy, and probabilities
fixed bug disallowing return in list edits
modifications in support of integrated LDW Portfolio
fixed edits in SUF assessment not updating
improved display of smarter method in assessment summary
fixed review::common units option to work properly
modifications in support of integrated LDW Portfolio
fixed bug when opening files with categories introduced in version 6.00.34
fixed delete key operation in Smart method
improved tab key operation in Smart method
improved error trapping on file read
fixed bug when finishing labels in measure dialog
fixed bug blowing up when deleting members from smarter muf
fixed bug causing scatter diagram to not work in recent versions
fixed bug occurring when switching between windows by clicking
fixed problem not exporting all columns when exporting utilities
fixed bug not releasing menu resources
fixed bug blowing up in Graph Pairs of Measures when alternative utilities
directly entered
fixed bug not showing undo item when adding an alternative
fixed bug causing blowup in goals hierarchy when adding goals or measures with a measure category selected.
fixed bug causing blowup in interactions sheet when changing goals
modified ldwdll in preparation for LDW portfolio integration into LDW
added questionnaire for AHP assessments
fixed bug causing AHP dialog to blow up with very long names
fixed bug disabling assess weights after File::New
removed insert option from QuickEntry menus
fixed bug not properly closing Assess::Weights dialog box in new files
Added local dynamic sensitivity option
Added display of multiplicative interactions in Assessment Summary
Added display of interactions warning for product of utilities in dynamic
sensitivity and elsewhere
Fixed bug causing error when dragging split point in SUF assess
Save widths and heights in smarter spread when doing review and group
assessment
Changed to not renormalize order in smarter assessment (including group
assessment)
Fixed bug to correctly display utility with adjusted range in direct suf assess
Added group assessment for direct SUF
Added group assessment for SUF
Fixed bug incorrectly displaying edits and buttons in tradeoffs
Added group assessment for tradeoffs
Improved zooming in direct entry and elsewhere
Added preference set labels to group numbers in assessment summary
Fixed bug to update goals hierarchy after pasting
Fixed bug assigning index to edits when assessing
Improved positioning of direct entry, smart and smarter assessments with long
names
Fixed bug dragging wrong item in quick entry
Added group start to AHPSpread toolbar
Fixed bug causing no result on group return in AHPSpread
Fixed bug making timed backups when option turned off
Fixed problem displaying % sign in Quick Entry and elsewhere
Fixed problem not displaying matrix view title in window list
fixed bug causing import results dialog to not display
First public release of version 6.0
Fixed bug causing abnormal termination when exporting utility function including goals with no members
Fixed bugs in related to construction of file names when opening and saving
Modified LDW file structure to remember last setting for name type
(Name only, ID Number only or Both)
Fixed bug causing abnormal termination if trying to assess weights for
a goal with no members
Modified weight dialog box tree diagram to reset scroll bars to 0 when opening
Renamed global weight hierarchy menu item to overall weight
Fixed bug causing improper sort by weight in spreadsheet views
Fixed bug when exporting more than 32 measures to Excel
Fixed bug not deleting group levels when deleting measures and alternatives
Fixed bug when pasting probability interaction.
Fixed bug to force update of Matrix view when pasting a goal into the
goals hierarchy view
Fixed bug exceeding bounds when moving group member to or from
bottom of list
Added "none" when displaying null response in group version direct entry mode. Allow delete entry by replacing response by "none"
Fixed bug of not updating group numbers when modifying group participants
Fixed bug when deleting members of a group
improved speed and added flexibility in ID naming for cut and paste
operations
Made modifications to allow for wrapping when exporting more than 256 measures to Excel
Fixed bug causing problem when copying goals with long names and changing their names
Fixed bugs related to changing to labels when categories present.
Fixed bug that might display same most and least preferred in SMART
assessment window.
Fixed bug not displaying label measures in assessment summary. Fixed bug causing exception when clicking on point in Assess SUF window. Fixed bug causing improper sorting of stacked bar ranking. Fixed bug causing improper legend coloring of stacked bar ranking. Fixed bug in preventing opening of example.ldw. Fixed bug causing scatter diagram to go black when using patterns. Fixed bug dropping one measure in tradeoff summary diagram when optimizing.
Fixed bug causing GPF when deleting goals with tradeoffs in multiple preference sets. Fixed bug GPF when trying excel import with non-spreadsheet. Improved consistency of non-ldw file opening. Ensured that filename extension added on export if none given. Fixed bugs related to improper file handles generated on save text option.
fixed bug incorrectly printing cr in AHP assessments.
Fixed bug to correctly display fonts when printing adjusted to fit to page. Fixed bug to correctly move questionnaire and extra picture when adjusting picture origin. Fixed bug that incorrectly positions A/B in tradeoffs after adjusting picture origin.
Fixed bug in goals hierarchy dialog box causing ID numbers to not display when requested.
Fixed bug causing infinite loop when cutting a goal containing the last measure in an analysis.
Corrected bug causing GPF on cancel in matrix dialog box. Added variable to track and save last number of levels in shown in goals hierarchy view
Fixed bug incorrectly displaying local weights in goals hierarchy.
Corrected bug that incorrectly printed multiple pages for large windows.
Force weight changes in dynamic sensitivity to be between 0.1 and 99.9. Added sensitivity menu to dynamic sensitivity, including restore weights and save weights options.
Fixed bug displaying incorrect name in alternative dialog when both ID and Name option selected in names dialog box.
Fixed bug causing GPF when canceling from selecting representatives in the Smart method. Fixed bug preventing copying of the dynamic sensitivity window to the clipboard. Fixed intermittent bug causing GPF when displaying menu item descriptions.
Fixed bug causing GPF when saving files.
Added the ability to assess group levels for measures with labels in the group version. Added the ability to set numeric cutoffs for measures with labels.
Migrated entire program to MS Visual C++ from Borland C++. Streamlined code structure and fixed many bugs from version 5.0xx.
fixed bug when importing from data from Excel and using labels to update numeric levels.
fixed bug that caused the Ecxel worksheet not to automatically recalculate when using the export utility function to spreadsheet option.
eliminated export of text to the clipboard from display windows to fix problems the clipboard was having reading this information
fixed bug causing improperly computed consensus weights in direct entry in the group version
fixed a bug in the group question window to correctly startup the Fleetwood button boxes
fixed bug in measure equivalents ranking due to new alternatives now having lowest instead of highest utility.
fixed bug in importing and exporting dbase III files.
fixed bug incorrectly assigning label SUF type when reading old AHP files.
fixed bug when clicking on summary cell in matrix view
fixed bug incorrectly retaining label probability after cancel.
corrected several bugs in the matrix view relating to labels
made changes to try and fix printing too many pages problem in NT.
improved display of percentage weights with long names
fixed bug displaying histogram of label suf when utility range is
changed. corrected display of utility range for direct suf in assessment
summary. corrected display of long names in direct muf in assessment
summary.
made changes to allow word wrap of labels in matrix view. the previous change requires left justifying labels in matrix
view. improved the checking and locking of matrix cells. made adjustments to allow very long labels
added "delete all alternatives" option
added "show data entry status" option in matrix view
allows for better adjustment for long names in tradeoff assessment windows. fixed bug in stacked bar ranking to display proper colors in legend.
changed default for new alternatives and measures to worst (0.0) level rather than best (1.0) level
fixed bug drawing petal diagram outer circle in
black&white
fixed bug potentially dividing by zero when drawing graph pairs
or scatter diagram.
fixed legend in tradeoff graph and stacked bar graph to accomodate long names.
added ability to do group assessment for AHP on labels.
fixed bug to update matrix after changing category multipliers using assess:category multipliers. fixed bug causing common units dialog to blowup for long goal/preference set names. added check in lddirect to ensure enough us in associated direct suf. fixed several bugs to allow deletion of objects with long names. added outer circle around petal diagram
fixed bug causing problems in goal dialog when member names > 80 characters. fixed bug when adding and deleting alternatives with direct or ahp sufs. added "Save Spreadsheet" option
increased string buffer lengths in assess::weights dialog box
added ID number as a display option in goals hierarchy
improved display of long names in hierarchy. fixed bug limiting alt names to eighty characters
added petal diagram option to graph alternatives option
changed .emf file extension to lower case.
forced addition of emf extension when saving graphic files. fixed bug sorting in SMART method.
improved location of edits in smart and direct when adjusting
picture. improved bar length maintenance in smart and direct after
adjusting picture.
added FALSE to VLOOKUP formula in export utility function to
Excel.
fixed bug when assessing group tradeoffs. fixed bug to properly display units in smarter and direct assessment methods. set default sort order in direct, smart and smarter methods to by weight, descending. fixed bug cutting and pasting measures with categories
modified data entry in label probability dialog box
fixed bug importing data for categories. fixed bug displaying proper selections when choosing import fields. added sort option to comments summary display
fixed bug for adding measures under very long goal names
restored computation of AHP SUF suf function. fixed bug when copying text to clipboard. added computation of AHP SUF for labels suf function. retain utiltities when moving from ahp to direct suf.
fixed bug when assessing utility/value in group version
fixed cut and paste for levels in matrix. increased colors to 15 in various displays.
added histogram display option to review::common units. added new average flag to dialog box at end of group assessments.
fixed improper display of entries when redoing group inputs. fixed offset redraw when returning from group weight assessments.
allow sorting of weight entry screens before review.
fixed up import from excel for a particular record type
fixed up import from excel formula records resulting in strings
fixed bug when updating the currently active goal, measure,
etc.
added goal name to matrix view title
fixed bug importing from excel
now saves field names used when exporting measure levels
fixed bug miscalculating direct suf for displays
fixed bug to allow saving of assessment screens as graphics files
fixed bug to allow all comments when displaying comments
fixed bug to force scroller to top in wt assess screens when
clicking done
modified copy tradeset routines to avoid writing to file.
fixed up greying in add names to group dialog
fixed bug miscounting labels after changes
fixed bug improperly displayiing units in SUF assess window
fixed bug greying common units assess
properly set focus after exiting sort dialogs
will replace numbers below epsilon with zero in certain displays.
added the check to drawtrade
added graceful exit to tradeoff when user closes with X
fixed bug to make tradeoff::revise range work properly
fixed bug that caused blowup on minimizing tradeoff
fixed bug saving names when loading from an import file
fixed bug reading old files with ahp sufs
fixed infinite recursion when computing certain equivalents for
probabilistic levels when changing preference sets
allow for no responses in a group assessment
fixed stddev calculation for group numbers to not include
consensus and average
made modifications to allow generation of an LDW dynaamic link
library
fixed bugs copying and pasting goals in goals hierarchy view
fixed bugs copying and pasting measures in goals hierarchy view
fixed bugs copying and pasting measures in matrix view
fixed bugs copying and pasting alternatives in matrix view
fixed bugs deleting measures and categories in matrix view
fixed bugs cutting and pasting measures and categories in matrix
and goals hierarchy views
fixed bug to display matrix properly after dialog boxes
added comments to replyps group assessments
allow the questions used in group assessments to be retained
allow the display of a benchmark during group assessments
removed consensus and average from named group list in the
preference set dislog box
improved tracking of focus after dialog boxes
fixed bugs in import from Excel option
fixed bugs in reply ps operation in group version
fixed bug when entering new measure in matrix
restricted length of measure labels to 79 characters to prevent
spreadsheet blowups