OR/MS Today 1996 Decision Analysis Survey

The information in this survey is excerpted from responses to a questionnaire sent to more than
50 vendors in June 1996. The survey reflects information received from companies who responded
by July 1, 1996. Due to size limitations the online version of the survey is an abridgement of the
printed version that included more than 35 information fields plus comments. The complete survey
appeared in the August 1996 issue of OR/MS Today. To order a copy of this issue, contact
Nora Craver at +44 23 8110 3411 ext. 201 or send e-mail to: .

Note: Y indicates a positive response to the question indicated. N indicates either a negative
response or no response.

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Operating Systems

Application

Pricing

Product

Vendor

Windows95

Windows 3.x

DOS

RAM Required

Objectives Trade-off (1)

Analysis of uncertainty (2)

Probabilistic Dependecies (3)

Risk Aversion

Sequential decision making

All applications - one model (4)

Commercial

Educational

@RISK

Palisade Corporation

y

y

n

4 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$395

call

AliahTHINK!

Aliah Inc.

y

y

y

8 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$2050

n/a

Analytica

Lumina Decision Systems

n

n

n

4 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$695

$100

BestFit

Palisade Corporation

y

y

n

2 MB

n

y

n

n

n

n

$299

call

CADET

AT&T

y

y

n

4 MB

n

y

y

y

y

n

$500

n/a

Criterium Decision Plus

InfoHarvest Inc.

y

y

n

8 MB

y

y

y

n

n

n

$495

$295

Crystal Ball

Decisioneering Inc.

y

y

n

4 MB

y

y

y

y

n

n

$395

$69

DPL

Applied Decision Analysis

y

y

n

2 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$495-$995

$53.50-$107

DecideRight for Windows

Avantos Performance Systems Inc.

y

y

n

8 MB

y

n

n

n

n

n

$149

n/a

Decision Analysis by TreeAge (DATA)

TreeAge Software Inc.

y

y

n

4 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$450

$225

Decision Explorer

Banxia Software Ltd.

y

y

n

4 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

call

call

ELECTRE III-IV

Lamsade-Ura 0825

n

y

n

4 MB

n

y

n

n

n

n

$1,400

$560

EQUITY for Windows

Krysalis Ltd.

y

y

n

4 MB

y

n

n

n

n

n

$1,350

$225

Expert Choice Professional

Expert Choice Inc.

y

y

n

8 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$595

$416.50

HIVIEW for Windows

Krysalis Ltd.

n

y

n

4 MB

y

n

n

n

n

n

$900

$145

HIPRE 3+

Santa Monica Software

y

y

y

4 MB

y

y

n

y

y

n

$295

$295

Logical Decisions

Logical Decisions

y

y

n

4 MB

y

y

n

y

n

y

$395

$295

MAPPAC and PRAGMA

B. Matarazzo

n

y

y

4 MB

y

n

n

n

n

n

$800

$600

POLICY PC

Executive Decision Services

n

n

y

512 KB

y

n

n

y

n

n

$500

$100

Quick Compare

Blue Blazer Computing

n

y

y

200 KB

y

y

y

n

n

y

$34.95

call

RiskSim (for Excel)

Decision Support Services

y

y

n

4 MB

n

y

n

n

n

n

$29-$300

call

SOS P/G%

Decision Aids Inc.

n

n

y

512 KB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$50

$50

Sensit (for Excel)

Decision Support Services

y

y

n

4 MB

n

n

n

n

n

n

$29-$300

call

Sensitivity/Supertree

Strategic Decisions Group - Decision Systems

y

y

y

8 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$1500

$75

Team Expert Choice

Expert Choice Inc.

y

y

n

8 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$13,295

$9,306

TopRank

Palisade Corporation

y

y

n

4 MB

y

y

y

y

y

y

$249-$395

call

TreePlan (for Excel)

Decision Support Services

y

y

n

4 MB

n

y

n

y

y

n

$29-$300

call

VISA

Visual Thinking International Ltd.

y

y

n

8 MB

y

y

y

n

n

n

$395

University site license - $999

Which & Why V4.0

Arlington Software Corp.

y

y

y

4 MB

y

y

n

y

y

y

$349

$249


Explanation of Questions:
(1) Are there trade-offs amongst multiple objectives?
(2) Is there representation/analysis of uncertainty?
(3) Is there representation/analysis of probabilistic dependencies?

(4) Are all of the above available in one model?

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