RAND's portfolio analysis tool (PAT)
Subtitle: theory, methods, and reference manual
By: Paul K. Davis, Paul Dreyer.
Contributors: Dreyer, Paul, 1973-; United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Series: Rand Corporation technical report series; Technical report (Rand Corporation) -- TR-756-OSD
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780833048875
Subjects: Strategic planning -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Investment analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: This report is a reference manual and user's guide for RAND's Portfolio Analysis Tool (PAT), a spreadsheet-based software application for facilitating decisions dealing with uncertainty and different perspectives. PAT generates summary depictions to address issues of balance, using a spreadsheet-based format. PAT assists high-level decisionmakers in framing their thinking about balance, constructing good multifaceted options, and making choices.
Notes: "TR-756-OSD"--P. [4] of title.

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"National Defense Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-101).