Title: RAND's portfolio analysis tool (PAT)
Subtitle: theory, methods, and reference manual
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.
Subjects: Handbooks, manuals, Investment analysis, Strategic planning