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16.1 TREEPLAN OVERVIEW TreePlan is a decision tree add-in for Microsoft Excel 2007 & 2010 & 2013 & 2016 (Windows) and Microsoft Excel 2011 & 2016 (Macintosh).

TreePlan helps you build a decision tree diagram in an Excel worksheet using dialog boxes. Decision trees are useful for analyzing sequential decision problems under uncertainty. Your decision tree model may include various controllable alternatives (e.g., whether to introduce a new product, whether to bid on a new project) and uncontrollable uncertainties (e.g., possible demand for a product, whether you're awarded a contract), arranged in chronological order. TreePlan automatically includes formulas for summing cash flows to obtain outcome values and for calculating rollback values for determining the optimal strategy.

To use TreePlan, you (1) open a new worksheet, (2) press Ctrl+Shift+T (or Option+Command+t) to build a new decision tree diagram, (3) select a node to change the structure of your decision tree, (4) enter branch names, cash flows, and probabilities, and (5) determine the optimal strategy from TreePlan's results.

All of TreePlan’s functionality, including its built-in help, is a part of the TreePlan XLAM file. There is no separate setup file or help file. When you use TreePlan on a Windows computer, TreePlan does not create any Windows Registry entries (although Excel may use such entries to keep track of its add-ins).

16.2 BUILDING A DECISION TREE IN TREEPLAN With Windows Excel 2007 & 2010 & 2013 & 2016, you can start TreePlan either by choosing Add-ins > TreePlan Decision Tree or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+T (hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys and press T).

With Mac Excel 2011, you can start TreePlan either by choosing Tools > TreePlan Decision Tree from the menu or by pressing Option+Cmd+t (hold down the Option and Command keys and press t).

With Mac Excel 2016, you can start TreePlan by pressing Option+Cmd+t.

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16.5 STEP-BY-STEP TREEPLAN TUTORIAL A decision tree can be used as a model for a sequential decision problems under uncertainty. A decision tree describes graphically the decisions to be made, the events that may occur, and the outcomes associated with combinations of decisions and events. Probabilities are assigned to the events, and values are determined for each outcome. A major goal of the analysis is to determine the best decisions.

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DriveTek Problem

DriveTek Research Institute discovers that a computer company wants a new storage device for a proposed new computer system. Since the computer company does not have research people available to develop the new storage device, it will subcontract the development to an independent research firm. The computer company has offered a fee of $250,000 for the best proposal for developing the new storage device. The contract will go to the firm with the best technical plan and the highest reputation for technical competence.

DriveTek Research Institute wants to enter the competition. Management estimates a cost of $50,000 to prepare a proposal with a fifty-fifty chance of winning the contract.

However, DriveTek's engineers are not sure about how they will develop the storage device if they are awarded the contract. Three alternative approaches can be tried. The first approach is a mechanical method with a cost of $120,000, and the engineers are certain they can develop a successful model with this approach. A second approach involves electronic components. The engineers estimate that the electronic approach will cost only $50,000 to develop a model of the storage device, but with only a 50 percent chance of satisfactory results. A third approach uses magnetic components; this costs $80,000, with a 70 percent chance of success.

DriveTek Research can work on only one approach at a time and has time to try only two approaches. If it tries either the magnetic or electronic method and the attempt fails, the second choice must be the mechanical method to guarantee a successful model.

The management of DriveTek Research needs help in incorporating this information into a decision to proceed or not.

[Source: The storage device example is adapted from Spurr and Bonini, Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions, Irwin.]

Nodes and Branches

Decision trees have three kinds of nodes and two kinds of branches. A decision node is a point where a choice must be made; it is shown as a square. The branches extending from a decision node are decision branches, each branch representing one of the possible alternatives or courses of action available at that point. The set of alternatives must be mutually exclusive (if one is chosen, the others cannot be chosen) and collectively exhaustive (all possible alternatives must be included in the set).

There are two major decisions in the DriveTek problem. First, the company must decide whether or not to prepare a proposal. Second, if it prepares a proposal and is awarded the contract, it must decide which of the three approaches to try to satisfy the contract.

An event node is a point where uncertainty is resolved (a point where the decision maker learns about the occurrence of an event). An event node, sometimes called a "chance node," is shown as a circle. The event set consists of the event branches extending from an event node, each branch representing one of the possible events that may occur at that point. The set of events must be mutually exclusive (if one occurs, the others cannot occur) and collectively exhaustive (all possible events must be included in the set). Each event is assigned a subjective probability; the sum of probabilities for the events in a set must equal one.

The three sources of uncertainty in the DriveTek problem are: whether it is awarded the contract or not, whether the electronic approach succeeds or fails, and whether the magnetic approach succeeds or fails.


In general, decision nodes and branches represent the controllable factors in a decision problem; event nodes and branches represent uncontrollable factors.

Decision nodes and event nodes are arranged in order of subjective chronology. For example, the position of an event node corresponds to the time when the decision maker learns the outcome of the event (not necessarily when the event occurs).

The third kind of node is a terminal node, representing the final result of a combination of decisions and events. Terminal nodes are the endpoints of a decision tree, shown as the end of a branch on hand-drawn diagrams and as a triangle on computer-generated diagrams.

The following table shows the three kinds of nodes and two kinds of branches used to represent a decision tree.

Figure 16.9 Nodes and Symbols Type of Node Written Symbol Computer Symbol Node Successor Decision square square decision branches Event circle circle event branches Terminal endpoint triangle or bar terminal value

Terminal Values

Each terminal node has an associated terminal value, sometimes called a payoff value, outcome value, or endpoint value. Each terminal value measures the result of a scenario: the sequence of decisions and events on a unique path leading from the initial decision node to a specific terminal node.

To determine the terminal value, one approach assigns a cash flow value to each decision branch and event branch and then sum the cash flow values on the branches leading to a terminal node to determine the terminal value. In the DriveTek problem, there are distinct cash flows associated with many of the decision and event branches. Some problems require a more elaborate value model to determine the terminal values.

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The $30,000 terminal value on the far right of the diagram in cell S13 is associated with the following scenario:

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In Windows Excel you can change the values of defined names using Formulas > Name Manager.

In Mac Excel 2016 you can change the values of defined names by choosing (from the topmost menu) Insert > Name > Define Name. In the Define Name dialog box, after you select a name in the “Names in workbook” list box, enter a new value in the “Select the range of cells” edit box, and click the OK button.

16.7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TreePlan was developed by Professor Michael R. Middleton at the University of San Francisco (using the Excel 4 XLM macro programming language) and modified for use at Fuqua (Duke University) by Professor James E. Smith. Mike Middleton rewrote portions using VBA during 2008–2016.

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