New Features for LDW version 6.1

 New Windows

Quick Entry structuring page – view goals hierarchy and alternatives in a tree format.  Move objects by dragging and dropping.  Quickly rename objects. 

Evaluation form option – generate and print a form for evaluating alternatives for your analysis

Graph weights option

Efficient frontier option – graph efficient frontier by selecting cost and benefit measures or goals. Show details for individual alternatives temporarily by hovering, permanently by clicking.

New Capabilities

Set color preferences for window elements

Load and save color, name and other preferences independently of LDW files 

Goal utility functions as the product of member utilities 

Triangle probability distribution 

Improvements to Existing Capabilities

Completely redesigned and improved SMARTER weight assessment 

Improved scatter diagram with hover to view alternative name and click to show or hide names

Sort sensitivity graph key by alternative name

Summary display when done importing

Added probability information to assessment summary option

Improved tradeoff assessment screen when using labels 

Files and Printing

Import/Export to Excel 97-2003 format.

Save windows to graphic formats – Bitmap, Enhanced Metafile, GIF, JPEG, PING

Save windows to MS Word 2003 format

Print Preview

Timed backups and keep backup copy on save

Editing and ease-of-use

Undo

Right click menus

Quick add for alternatives, measures, goals and measure categories

Promote measures to goals and demote goals to measures.

Improved goals hierarchy formatting

Improved look and feel

Improved install and uninstall

“Add Another” button in alternatives dialog box

Ctrl <, > zooms in and out

Open LDW file by double clicking

Easier entry of Labels and Group Preference Set names