Documentation of Decision-Aiding Software: OPINT Users Manual

The purpose of this manual is to provide users of the OPINT system with the background material and the detailed instructions necessary to use and interpret the various functions that OPINT provides. The manual also presents the decision-analytic concepts inherent in the OPINT approach, including the assumptions and restrictions concerning its use. The manual includes case study applications. Because the manual must serve users both skilled and unskilled in the use of decision-analytic methodology, it is prepared in a modular fashion. Thus, whereas the initial sections provide detailed information for the naive user, the last section is direct and unelaborated for those users knowledgeable in the approach.