On Win7, it should be in C:\Users\Public\Vensim\help\models\UserGuide\CHAP03
It's also at http://www.vensim.com/documentation/Models/UserGuide
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- Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:54 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Missing model
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1850
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:37 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Load CIN and external data
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5226
Re: Load CIN and external data
What is the symptom of data not getting loaded? Model won't run? Or ... ?
Can you post the code you're using?
Can you post the code you're using?
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:10 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: How can i replace the optimization algorithm?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10304
Re: How can i replace the optimization algorithm?
You can't replace the optimizer with an external function. You'll have to use the .dll http://www.vensim.com/documentation/dss_dll.htm NLopt is a useful source of algorithms relevant to dynamic modeling situations (i.e. gradient free), http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt The Powell optimiz...
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:20 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: How can i replace the optimization algorithm?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10304
Re: How can i replace the optimization algorithm?
You can run your own algorithm via the .dll, but there's quite a bit of overhead involved in setting it up, and you'll lose at least a factor of 2 in speed per iteration. The Powell optimizer initially searches directions one at a time, but the search is iterative, so that sequential updating of a,b...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:24 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Variation in time step giving undesirable results
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1732
Re: Variation in time step giving undesirable results
This is inherent to continuous time simulation. There's an example of an alternative with the SHIFT IF TRUE function in the help system. http://www.vensim.com/documentation/fn_shift_if_true.htm See also Eberlein, Robert with James Thompson Chronological Aging in Continuous Time http://www.systemdyna...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:19 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: equation of vensim
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7132
Re: equation of vensim
If you have a stock of installed items, and an outflow of failures proportional to the stock, the flow is the expected value of an exponential distribution. Might look like this: installed base = INTEG(selling - failing, init installed base) selling = ... failing = installed base/mean lifetime You c...
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:56 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Discrete or Continuous Simulation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2778
Re: Discrete or Continuous Simulation
It really depends on what question about the supply chain you're trying to answer. If it's something very detailed, like how many of a given type of machine to use, a discrete event simulation might be in order. But if it's strategic, like how to combine pricing and marketing with production schedul...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:33 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: equation of vensim
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7132
Re: equation of vensim
It might help us help you if you state what you're trying to accomplish here.
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:32 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: refining model of rainwater tank w overflow
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2679
Re: refining model of rainwater tank w overflow
1. TIME STEP should definitely be as short or shorter than the sampling interval of your data. Stability is easy to verify empirically - just cut your time step in half and see if the behavior changes (it shouldn't, unless there are stochastic elements in your model). A general rule of thumb is that...
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:41 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: refining model of rainwater tank w overflow
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2679
Re: refining model of rainwater tank w overflow
Here's a refinement. It's not simpler, but conceptually cleaner in a few respects. - parameters embedded in equations converted to explicit variables with units (tank capacity) - variable names indicate a quantity that can vary (water in tank) - water use limited to water available (a term could be ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:24 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: equation of vensim
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7132
Re: equation of vensim
Optimization: http://www.vensim.com/documentation/usr18.htm The purpose of the optimizer is for calibrating dynamic models and optimizing policies. You can use it to fit simple curves, but it's not the most efficient tool for that job. A lookup won't help you to fit a distribution, though you could ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:10 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: missing arrows
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3642
Re: missing arrows
They are hidden by default because they don't affect the dynamic structure of the model. I actually prefer things the other way, so I generally use the Model>Settings to turn them on, then manually hide any arrows that cause visual clutter. Then you can show/hide them as needed by hitting the H key ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:45 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: equation of vensim
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7132
Re: equation of vensim
Check the Help system for the Random functions - there are examples for RANDOM UNIFORM and RANDOM NORMAL that should do what you need.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:55 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: equation of vensim
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7132
Re: equation of vensim
You can use the optimizer for curve fitting, but for simple, non-dynamic tasks like fitting a distribution, you're probably better off using some other tool.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:53 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: X-Y plot not X-t
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8136
Re: X-Y plot not X-t
Another possibility is to create reporting variables that suppress a portion of a variable's history. For example:
reported x = IF THEN ELSE( Time >= threshold, x, :NA: )
reported x = IF THEN ELSE( Time >= threshold, x, :NA: )
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:50 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Using dataset in PLE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2981
Re: Using dataset in PLE
PLE allows import of data for comparison, but not data variables for driving the model. You can put your data in a lookup instead.
Re: pulse
Almost all built-in functions have a sample model linked to the function's page in the Help system.
- Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:11 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
I think it's important, but the quality of the model is of greater importance. I can make sensitivity runs with your model without any problems on 6.0b on a Windows 7 machine, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Also, I don't get any warnings about integration errors, because the integration method...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Sample Model Available? With Step by Step Tutor?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1453
Re: Sample Model Available? With Step by Step Tutor?
Here are two Vensim possibilities:
http://vensim.com/building-a-simple-vensim-model/
http://www.vensim.com/documentation/users_guide.htm
And the System Dynamics bible:
http://amzn.com/007238915X
http://vensim.com/building-a-simple-vensim-model/
http://www.vensim.com/documentation/users_guide.htm
And the System Dynamics bible:
http://amzn.com/007238915X
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:11 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
I still can't replicate any problems - this works fine for me. What Vensim version and operating system are you running?
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:57 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
Hmm ... this runs fine for me. Can you post one more file - the savelist (.lst)? Thanks.
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:59 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
Also, we'll need any input data that the model requires to run - either a .vdf or .xls, per usage.
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:09 pm
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
I think we can't debug the DCC43327 error without a copy of the model and sensitivity files - you can email them to us, vensim at vensim.com if you can't post them publicly.
Set your warnings to "Display" to debug the data first time and integration errors.
Set your warnings to "Display" to debug the data first time and integration errors.
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:52 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
The "before first time" error just means that your model starts before the first data point for some data variable. Check to be sure that you have Tools>Options>Settings>Warnings set to "Display." I'll look into the other.
- Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:36 am
- Forum: Vensim
- Topic: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
- Replies: 29
- Views: 40685
Re: Reliability and validity along with reality check option
The first errors are warnings from RK2 or RK4 auto integration. They may not be important. Do you get any of these warnings in an ordinary simulation? If not, you may have to try some parameter variations matching your sensitivity file in order to recreate the problem. The "before first time......