Welcome to SAIC’s Influence Net web site.

By choosing to visit our web site, you have identified yourself as someone interested in strategic planning and decision making. The modeling process and software applications described here have been developed to support your needs. If the concept of Influence Net modeling is new to you, we suggest you follow along with the What is Influence Net Modeling? page. If you already know of our software products, SIAM and Causeway, and want more information, select the appropriate icon below. For more information on our new browser-accessible web applications, select the DecisionNetS icon.

Software Releases

January 2008: DecisionNetS Suite available for demonstration. We are pleased to announce the conclusion of an SAIC-funded research and development effort to transition our traditional desktop applications to webapps accessible through your browser. Our re-issued demonstration release of version 1.0 includes two role-based webapps: DesignS for modelers and DirectS (formerly DecideS) for decision makers. A future release will include a third webapp, AdviseS, for subject matter experts. Click here to find out more about this new product line.

February 2007: SIAM 6.1 released. This version of our Influence Net modeling application for U.S. Federal subscribers includes bug fixes to prior versions of the INET application, some of which resulted from an upgrade to the underlying Java Development Kit (JDK) 5.0. Click here to register your copy of SIAM.

February 2007: IOTW 1.0 released. This version of our Influence Net modeling application for U.S. Federal subscribers introduces a browser-based method for client-server management of the INET models, called INET on the Web (IOTW). The server-side software and the client are both accessible through Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 browser.

February 2007: Chapter 1.0 released. This version of our Influence Net modeling application for U.S. Federal subscribers introduces a browser-based method for distributed collaboration by way of questionnaires. The INET modeler and domain specialist participants can acess the questionnaire through Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 browser.

February 2006: SIAM 6.0 released. This version of our Influence Net modeling application for U.S. Federal subscribers incorporates new features: an enhancement to excursion capability called Excursion Tailoring; the Hypothesis Analysis plug-in where an INET modeler can identify a panel of experts for remote collaboration; a new analysis capability called Excursion Filtering; and an updated online Help file. Click here to register your copy of SIAM.

January 2006: User Manuals for SIAM and Causeway (version 5.0) are available for download.

July 2005: SIAM 5.3.1 released. This version of our Influence Net modeling application for U.S. Federal subscribers incorporates three enhancements: selection of alternate security configuration (security.cfg) files; excursion differences threshold percentage; and a new Consensus Plug-in. Click here to register your copy of SIAM.

May 2004: Causeway 5.2 released. This version of our commercial quality Influence Net modeling application incorporates two enhancements: an alternate belief evaluation algorithm; and an enhanced search of combination sensitivity analysis. This version has been localized for Spanish language end-users. Click here to register your commercially licensed copy of Causeway.

May 2004: SIAM 5.2 released. This version of our Influence Net modeling application for U.S. Federal subscribers includes the following enhancements: an increase to the maximum number of ancestral nodes selected for sensitivity analysis; clarification to the status of Impact Analysis Results when accessed through the Link Property Dialog; new pop-up menu options for the Find tool. Click here to register your copy of SIAM.

News of general interest

Causeway client-server implementation is now available for export.

Two tiers of SAIC support are available for our INET software implementations: basic and client-server.

Download our latest white paper on another application of Influence Net modeling to strategic planning.

INET modeling tutorial using SIAM available for download.

Causeway (version 2) demonstration available for download. This demonstration software requires installation of HASP available at http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/enduser.asp.

Click here for more information on new developments.

Our Mission – Decision Support

As a decision maker or strategic planner in the 21^st Century, you approach uncharted territories. You face a new world of uncertain information, made increasingly complex through technological advances that speed-up the decision cycle without improving the confidence in your selected course of action. You understand that it’s not enough to collect information, you must extract its strategic importance and communicate that to others.

Influence Net modeling has been developed to assist you in sorting and assessing uncertain information to:

Analyze the multi-discipline issues of cause and effect;
Focus resources on highly leveraged areas for action;
Identify the likelihood of events;
Determine courses of action to influence outcomes; and
Integrate the opinions of experts from diverse fields of study.

Influence Net modeling and our powerful software applications will help you chart the optimal path through the decision making and planning process. We encourage you to explore the world of Influence Nets and our SIAM and Causeway tools introduced in this web site. If you would like additional information on acquiring our products or services, do not hesitate to contact us and we will be pleased to discuss tailoring our services for your needs.

About Us

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