The length of an index
11/08/2017
Finding the length of an index is obviously pretty trivial. But there are several ways to do find it, and there are some “gotchas” if you aren’t careful. The IndexLength function…
Lonnie Chrisman
Lonnie Chrisman is Lumina’s Chief Technical Officer, where he heads engineering and development of Analytica. He has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley.
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Analytica 5 video short: How to display negative numbers in red
11/07/2017
The Analytica 5 Video shorts series — short (under 5 minutes) videos showcasing an individual topic or feature in Analytica. The series primarily focuses on features that …
How to draw an influence diagram in 3 minutes
10/28/2017
Learn to visualize decision-making and boost your analytical skills with this guide on drawing influence diagrams.
Analytica toolbar
10/27/2017
Discover the updates to the Analytica toolbar. See what is there and how you can use it.
Marginal abatement: adding a dimension
02/19/2016
In my earlier blog article, on marginal abatement, I explained what a Marginal Abatement graph is and how to set up such a graph in Analytica. In this article, I’m going to…
Cost effectiveness of installing rooftop solar panels
03/04/2015
If you are new to modeling, it can be very helpful to watch someone build a model from start to finish. I created a model to decide whether it would be cost-effective to
Congratulations to Dr. Max Henrion for Decision Analysis Society (DAS) 2014 Best Practice Award
11/14/2014
I want to offer my congratulations to my colleague here at Lumina Decision Systems, our CEO Dr. Max Henrion. The annual INFORMS conference took place this week in San Francisco,…
Estimation of mutual information
05/31/2013
A measure of association is a function that rates the strength of statistical dependence between two variables. In casual talk, people often express this idea by asserting that …
