SESAMO - SHARE Project Customized Version:

SESAMO is a Decision Support System based on the methodology of Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA).

This software assumes that you are already familiar with this type of methodology and general concepts relating to decision-making processes.

For recall, there are 7 phases in the MCA:

- organization of criteria in a decision tree;

filling evaluation matrix with alternatives;

- application of technical aggregation;

- application of utility functions;

- allocation of weights;

- final ranking;

- sensitivity analysis.

The program deals with the MCA and allows the user to manipulate in a graphical way all the objects of the MCA itself, including, for example:

- criteria and alternatives;

- utility functions;

- weights.

Therefore, in the software, all the phases of a decisional process are represented by specific PANELS.

This software allows you to get the final ranking of the alternatives and to analyze the composition of the results.

The SESAMO program operates on projects. A project is an independent entity that contains all the data and structures that are related to the description of a decision-making process applied to a specific problem.

Each project is stored in a single file that can reside anywhere on the hard disk of the user's machine.

Within the program, projects are managed through a Multiple Document Interface, in which each project is opened and maintained in a dedicated window.

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Hardware Recommended: Pentium IV – 2,4 GHz or equivalent , 512 MByte RAM.

Software OS: Windows 98, 2000, XP.

Platform: Java Runtime Environment 1.6 or forward (1.6.0_03). The JRE is downloadable for free from the website http://www.java.com/it/download/index.jsp.

DISSEMINATION RULES:

Sesamo SHARE is freely distributed among users.

Contact Andrea Mammoliti Mochet (a.mammolitimochet@arpa.vda.it) for download procedures