How to use the trial version of D-Sight?

Launch the D-Sight software by clicking on the icon on the desktop or by going in the D-Sight menu in the Programs folder.

Click on the "Try" button to start the demo of D-Sight.

The Welcome panel offers your three different kind of possibilities :

• Examples : select an example in the list and click on the "Load Example" button. This will open an example file. You will also have the possibility to follow a complete illustration of the selected example on our website.
• Define new project : this will allow you to define a new project "from scratch". You can choose to do it with the wizard or not.
  • Using Wizard : launches the wizard to help you define your project
  • Start D-Sight : directly starts the standard interface of D-Sight
• Help Content : 
  • Go To Tutorial : the button to open the demo user-guide page
  • Help Manual : opens the D-Sight manual

We are now going to see how to simply define a problem by using the wizard. Click on Using Wizard!

The first step is to define the alternatives of the problem. They represent the possible choices your are facing and that you will evaluate with multiple criteria.

Add or remove alternatives by using the two buttons.

You can edit the names of the alternatives by editing the cells.

The second steps consists in defining the evaluation criteria.

As in the first step, use the two buttons to add or remove criteria. Their names can be edited in the list.

A decision table will automatically be created. In each line, you will find the alternatives. The criteria are set in the columns.

In this step, you can define the importance of the criteria by giving them a weight. The sum of it must equal 100%. You can insert non-normalized weights in the table and use the "Normalized Weights" button. They will be automatically normalized. Read more about criteria weights normalization.

Now, this is the part where you can specify how you want to evaluate each criterion. In this guide, we will remain as simple as possible. This is why we do consider only one parameter. In the Min/Max column, you can choose if you want to maximize or to minimize your criterion. Maximizing a criterion means that you are looking for the biggest value, as the power in this example. On the other hand, minimizing a criterion means that you are looking for the smallest value, as the price in this example.

If you want to go further in the evaluation method please consult the How to use Parameters page.