Lumina Decision Systems

Lumina develops and disseminates innovative technologies that help individuals and organizations to make effective decisions. Lumina pursues this goal in two ways: 1. By developing and marketing advanced software for decision support. 2. By providing consulting, contract research, and seminars to help organizations make more effective use of decision-support tools Lumina's flagship software product, Analytica® , is a quantitative decision-support environment that helps people visualize problems with a clarity and power far beyond what is possible in a spreadsheet. Existing applications of Analytica include strategic planning, R&D management, decision analysis, and risk analysis in finance, healthcare, energy, environment, aerospace, and telecommunications. Analytica is being used in major corporations, consulting firms, universities, and government agencies, on six continents. Check out our Customer List for a sample of our clients. Lumina consultants work closely with clients to develop models of the complex and uncertain environment faced by their organizations. The focus of these models is to provide insight into what matters and why as a basis for justified and confident decisions. Lumina helps decision makers and experts to represent their objectives and knowledge in intuitive yet rigorous graphical forms. Using Analytica and other tools, we develop quantitative models with a speed and flexibility unavailable with conventional modeling tools. Typically, we help clients arrive at clarity and consensus for immediate decisions, and provide them with a decision-support system for continuing use for their future decisions. Lumina is committed to continuing research and development to bring innovative decision technologies to individuals and organizations. Recently developed products include Web-based tools for personal and collaborative decision making.