Introduction > Guide to GeNIe manual

The best user interface to a computer program is one for which there is no need for a manual. This has been from the very start our design motto and, from the compliments of our users, we learn that we have (almost) reached our objective, often at the expense of a considerable development effort. Most of the tasks in GeNIe are intuitive and conform to the general standards of well designed user interfaces. If you do not know how to do something, just try what you would find most intuitive and and what you would do in a well designed modern user interface. There is a good chance that this will work for you.

This manual may turn out to be superfluous for many users. Still, there are many ways in which people learn and some users will find it useful. Some may find it handy to use the search functionality in case they encounter a problem. Others, familiar with the methodology, may want to read through the section Using GeNIe, which describes various GeNIe modules. Yet others, may want to the treat this manual as a handbook for decision-theoretic methods.

To introduce the basics of decision-theoretic modeling is not as easy as it is to write a brief document, prepare a slide show, or draw a picture. While there are many good books available that cover decision-theoretic modeling, they typically use theoretical concepts and draw models symbolically on paper. Building them in software is different. Besides, some of GeNIe functionality is novel and not described or otherwise covered anywhere. This is the main reason why even GeNIe needs an easily accessible manual, tutorial-style introductions, and on-line help.

GeNIe manual, the introduction of which you are reading at the moment, is available for a variety of platforms: HTML, compiled HTML (CHM), PDF, etc., all available from https://support.bayesfusion.com/docs/.