What does "Max Sims:" do? (Optimization)

[brandytrop]

Hi there,
having a calibration issue. I reached a certain payoff (-4k) but was not able to reach this value a second time despite same calibration settings, boundries and initial parameters. Probably too bumpy payoff surface with plenty of local minima traps (80+ parameters).

Anyhow, I'm playing around with different optimisation settings to get a grasp which one works best for my model. Was wonder, what exactly does "Max Sims:" stand for? in particular in cosntrast to max_iterations. It's not listed in the Vensim Help.

Cheers

[tomfid]

It sets an absolute limit on the number of simulations in an optimization.

[brandytrop]

thanks