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DEX Software
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This documentation is associated with the `DEX Software `__ website.
It provides detailed information about the multi-criteria modeling method DEX (Decision EXpert) and software
that supports the development and application of DEX models. This software was mainly produced at the
`Jožef Stefan Institute `__,
`Department of Knowledge Technologies `__, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
DEX software is free and distributed under liberal licenses, such as `MIT `__
or `GPL `__, depending on the product.
:ref:`DEXi Suite ` is open-source.
DEX Method
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DEX (Decision EXpert) is a is a hierarchical, qualitative, rule-based multi-criteria
decision analysis (`MCDA `__)
method. It is particularly suited for sorting/classification decision problems.
DEX puts special emphasis on the transparency, comprehensibility, consistency, and completeness
of decision models, as well as on methods for the analysis,
justification, and explanation of decisions. The DEX approach relies on using software
tools that actively support the decision maker in both the creation and utilization
stages of the process.
.. note::
More information forthcoming. Until documentation is ready, please see:
- `DEXi Glossary of terms `__
- Bohanec, M.: DEX (Decision EXpert):
A qualitative hierarchical multi-criteria method (`preprint `__).
*Multiple Criteria Decision Making* (ed. Kulkarni, A.J.),
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 407, Singapore: Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-7414-3_3, 39-78, 2022.
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DEXi Suite
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:doc:`DEXi Suite ` is a common name for
the new-generation of DEX software, launched in 2023, aimed at gradually
replacing :ref:`DEXi Classic `.
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DEXiSuite
.. _DEXi_Classic:
DEXi Classic
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:doc:`DEXi Classic ` is a common name for a group of DEX software tools developed
in the period 2000-2021. The tools are built around `DEXi `__,
a desktop program for multi-attribute decision making, which facilitates an
interactive creation and editing of DEX models and provides methods for the
evaluation and analysis of alternatives. DEXi Classic also provides software for the
evaluation of alternatives on Web pages and in programming environments, such as C# and Java.
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DEXiClassic
Other DEX Software
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Other third-party or research/prototype/experimental software:
- `DEXiWare `__: Software platform for
developing Web-based Decision Support Systems using DEX models.
- `proDEX `__: A Python
implementation of some DEX features, extended by general
hierarchies, numerical inputs and probabilistic utility
functions, in `Orange `__
primary developer: `Martin Žnidaršič `__) (2006).
- `DEXi Rule: `__ A web app for reading
DEXi models and showing decision tables with elementary and complex rules (primary developer: Adem
Kikaj) (2018).
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:caption: Other software
Applications
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.. note::
More information forthcoming. Until ready, please see
`DEXi Applications `__.
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Publications
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.. note::
More information forthcoming. Until ready, please see
`DEXi Documentation and Publications `__.
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.. * :ref:`modindex`
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