Documenting the model

1. Open new model. Type ‘Party’ in the Identifier field of the object window. Press tab to go to Title field, type ‘Party problem’. Press tab.

Expected: in 4.6: Now will ask if you want to rename the model. Press [No] to clear the question.

In the Description field type, ‘The Party Problem evaluates alternative party locations and their relative value to me.’

2. Click the File menu, select Save and save it to your temp folder then click the Diagram button to bring focus to the top diagram.

3. Drag Decision node, drop it in the diagram. Type ‘Party Location’ for Title. Drag and drop Chance node into the diagram, type ‘Weather’. Drag and drop Objective node into the diagram, type ‘Utility (value to me)’.

See Also

• Creating the Party Problem model (based on chapter 6 of tutorial)
• Tutorial: Decision trees