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Make Decision Analysis More Powerful and Accessible
TreeAge Pro Interactive allows you to take complete
control over the design of your models front end. It can be used
to embed your decision tree or influence diagram in
interfaces ranging from a simple web page
to a comprehensive application suite. That means that your
intended audience does not need to be expert in decision theory or
model building - or even proficient with a particular software package
- to use complex analytical tools such as cost-effectiveness models
and Markov models. The interface allows your audience to simply change
model inputs without disturbing the underlying model structure. This
gives your audience the ability to test and make assumptions based
on their own inputs and then refer to a variety of textual and graphical
outputs to review the results.
TreeAge Pro Interactive is designed to run on an Internet or intranet
server, allowing distributed, real-time access to models created in
our TreeAge Pro software. You may also create standalone applications
by integrating TreeAge Pro models with a customized interface and
then distributing the application on a CD-ROM or other media.
Under the Hood
TreeAge Pro Interactive is an ActiveX control. This means that its
user interface employs a simple programming language rather than menus
and dialog boxes. Since TreeAge Pro Interactive lacks a visual interface,
a host application capable of communicating with an ActiveX control
is needed to provide the requisite user interface.
The choice of host application will depend on whether you want to
distribute your model(s)
(a) on a CD for use on a standalone machine, or
(b) over the Internet (or an intranet).
For distribution via CD, applications such as Visual Basic, Excel
or Delphi will be appropriate; for Internet/intranet distribution,
host applications such as Cold Fusion or Active Server Pages will
do the job.
Prior to using TreeAge Pro Interactive, it must be installed and
registered on the machine where it will be used. If you are creating
a standalone presentation (with Visual Basic, for example), TreeAge
Pro Interactive will be installed on the user's machine; if, instead,
you are creating a network-based presentation, TreeAge Pro Interactive
will be installed only on the server. In network-based installations
neither the decision model nor TreeAge Pro Interactive is downloaded
to the end-user. Accordingly, there is no limitation on the end-user's
choice of browser or operating system.
Prerequisites
Programming with TreeAge Pro Interactive requires three skills:
- technical familiarity with the host environment (e.g., a working
knowledge of how to
program Excel macros)
- familiarity with TreeAge Pro (e.g., an understanding of variables,
and the types of analyses and output to be available to the end-user)
- familiarity with the new objects included with TreeAge Pro Interactive
in order to interface
with TreeAge Pro's unique functionality
Markov models
Anyone familiar with Visual Basic or Excel macros will recognize
that the syntax of the language is unchanged by the inclusion of TreeAge
Pro Interactive. There are several new object types to learn about,
and new functionality provided by those objects. However, if you are
already familiar with both TreeAge Pro and the host environment, you
should have little or no difficulty working with the new objects needed
to control TreeAge Pro Interactive.
Discovering a New World of Decision Analysis Applications
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