Suggestion to improve the optimization window
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 5:18 am
Hello!
After working with Vensim's optimization module for some time I have a few suggestions for organizing the optimization window.
1. Please, from the Optimization Control Setup window, separate the Parameters section into a separate window. Now the parameters are always at the bottom of the screen, which is inconvenient. The user actively works with the parameters and their limits, and with more parameters, they always have to be scrolled, and their editing is inconvenient. Most of the options in the Optimizer settings at the top of the screen are not so actively used, but they are always at eye level, at the expense of the parameters. I don't see any need for Optimization settings and Parameters to be in one big window instead of two successively placed smaller ones.
2. Also, please, enable the ability to expand the optimization window to full screen.
3. Please make the optimization results easier to access. Can't they be rendered in a separate window rather than being opened from a text file? In text files, the results are badly formatted. The least that can be done is a separate window with shortcuts to the individual files containing the optimization results. Constantly searching the directory for the necessary files with the results slows down the work a lot.
4. In some cases, the optimization process is interrupted due to a floating point error. Please enable diagnostics, i.e. to find out what is the combination of the parameter values where this error occurred.
5. Ability to track the change of the objective function and parameter values during the optimization process.
Thank you
After working with Vensim's optimization module for some time I have a few suggestions for organizing the optimization window.
1. Please, from the Optimization Control Setup window, separate the Parameters section into a separate window. Now the parameters are always at the bottom of the screen, which is inconvenient. The user actively works with the parameters and their limits, and with more parameters, they always have to be scrolled, and their editing is inconvenient. Most of the options in the Optimizer settings at the top of the screen are not so actively used, but they are always at eye level, at the expense of the parameters. I don't see any need for Optimization settings and Parameters to be in one big window instead of two successively placed smaller ones.
2. Also, please, enable the ability to expand the optimization window to full screen.
3. Please make the optimization results easier to access. Can't they be rendered in a separate window rather than being opened from a text file? In text files, the results are badly formatted. The least that can be done is a separate window with shortcuts to the individual files containing the optimization results. Constantly searching the directory for the necessary files with the results slows down the work a lot.
4. In some cases, the optimization process is interrupted due to a floating point error. Please enable diagnostics, i.e. to find out what is the combination of the parameter values where this error occurred.
5. Ability to track the change of the objective function and parameter values during the optimization process.
Thank you