Glosarium ANP

NETWORK – A network is a structure of clusters and nodes and connections between the nodes that appears in a single window.   A network usually has feedback (lines going both ways between clusters) and may have inner dependence (a loop on a cluster indicating nodes in that cluster are connected to each other).  A hierarchy is a simple kind of network that has a goal node in a goal cluster that connects to criteria in a criteria cluster and so on, downwards, but no feedback.MODEL – A decision model is a logical structure for making a decision.  Your decision model will have two files with a .mod extension.  The first is the main model that has the Benefits, Opportunities, Costs and Risks nodes, called the merits, in the top level network and a waterfall of subnetworks beneath.  The networks at the very bottom contain the decision alternatives.  This is the part of the model directly concerned the decision.  The second is the strategic...

IN SEARCH OF SUSTAINABLE CONVENTIONAL AND ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE MODEL FOR MICRO ENTERPRISES

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