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* [[If you don’t read manuals]] | * [[If you don’t read manuals]] | ||
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* [[New Releases|What’s new?]] | * [[New Releases|What’s new?]] | ||
− | ====[[Examining a Model]]==== | + | ==== [[Examining a Model]] ==== |
* [[To open or exit a model]] | * [[To open or exit a model]] | ||
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* [[Printing]] | * [[Printing]] | ||
− | ====[[Result Tables and Graphs]]==== | + | ==== [[Result Tables and Graphs]] ==== |
* [[Result window]] | * [[Result window]] | ||
* [[Table view of a result]] | * [[Table view of a result]] | ||
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* [[Comparing results]] | * [[Comparing results]] | ||
− | ===[[Parametric analysis of model behavior]]=== | + | ==== [[Parametric analysis of model behavior]] ==== |
− | ===[[Create and edit a model]]=== | + | ==== [[Create and edit a model]] ==== |
* [[Create and save a model]] | * [[Create and save a model]] | ||
* [[Create and edit nodes]] | * [[Create and edit nodes]] | ||
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* [[Preferences dialog]] | * [[Preferences dialog]] | ||
− | ===[[Building Effective Models]]=== | + | ==== [[Building Effective Models]] ==== |
* [[Create a model]] | * [[Create a model]] | ||
* [[Test and debug your model]] | * [[Test and debug your model]] | ||
* [[Expand your model]] | * [[Expand your model]] | ||
− | ===[[Creating Lucid Influence Diagrams]]=== | + | ==== [[Creating Lucid Influence Diagrams]] ==== |
* [[About influence diagrams]] | * [[About influence diagrams]] | ||
* [[Guidelines for creating lucid models]] | * [[Guidelines for creating lucid models]] | ||
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* [[Taking screenshots of diagrams]] | * [[Taking screenshots of diagrams]] | ||
− | ===[[Formatting Numbers, Tables, and Graphs]]=== | + | ==== [[Formatting Numbers, Tables, and Graphs]] ==== |
* [[Number formats]] | * [[Number formats]] | ||
* [[Date formats]] | * [[Date formats]] | ||
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* [[XY Comparison]] | * [[XY Comparison]] | ||
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− | ===[[Creating and Editing Definitions]]=== | + | ==== [[Creating and Editing Definitions]] ==== |
* [[Creating or editing a definition]] | * [[Creating or editing a definition]] | ||
* [[The Expression popup menu]] | * [[The Expression popup menu]] | ||
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* [[Check attribute]] | * [[Check attribute]] | ||
− | ===[[Creating Interfaces for End Users]]=== | + | ==== [[Creating Interfaces for End Users]] ==== |
* [[User interfaces]] | * [[User interfaces]] | ||
* [[User Input nodes]] | * [[User Input nodes]] | ||
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* [[Analytica Cloud Player (ACP)]] | * [[Analytica Cloud Player (ACP)]] | ||
− | ===[[Using Expressions]]=== | + | ==== [[Using Expressions]] ==== |
* [[Numbers]] | * [[Numbers]] | ||
* [[Date and Time Values]] | * [[Date and Time Values]] | ||
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* [[Datatype functions]] | * [[Datatype functions]] | ||
− | === [[Arrays and Indexes]]=== | + | === [[Arrays and Indexes]] ==== |
* [[Intelligent Arrays]] | * [[Intelligent Arrays]] | ||
* [[Indexes and arrays: An introduction]] | * [[Indexes and arrays: An introduction]] | ||
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* [[Shortcuts to navigate and edit a table]] | * [[Shortcuts to navigate and edit a table]] | ||
− | ===[[More Array Functions]]=== | + | ==== [[More Array Functions]] ==== |
* [[Array Function Example Variables]] | * [[Array Function Example Variables]] | ||
* [[Functions that create arrays]] | * [[Functions that create arrays]] | ||
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* [[Matrix functions]] | * [[Matrix functions]] | ||
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− | ===[[Other Functions]]=== | + | ==== [[Other Functions]] ==== |
* [[Text functions]] | * [[Text functions]] | ||
* [[Date functions]] | * [[Date functions]] | ||
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* [[Advanced probability functions]] | * [[Advanced probability functions]] | ||
− | ===[[Expressing Uncertainty]]=== | + | ==== [[Expressing Uncertainty]] ==== |
*[[Choosing an appropriate distribution ]] | *[[Choosing an appropriate distribution ]] | ||
*[[Defining a variable as a distribution]] | *[[Defining a variable as a distribution]] | ||
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*[[Uncertainty Setup dialog]] | *[[Uncertainty Setup dialog]] | ||
− | ===[[Probability Distributions]]=== | + | ==== [[Probability Distributions]] ==== |
* [[Probability distributions]] | * [[Probability distributions]] | ||
* [[Parametric discrete distributions]] | * [[Parametric discrete distributions]] | ||
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* [[Importance weights]] | * [[Importance weights]] | ||
− | ===[[Statistics, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Analysis]]=== | + | ==== [[Statistics, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Analysis]] ==== |
* [[Statistical functions]] | * [[Statistical functions]] | ||
* [[Weighted statistics and w parameter]] | * [[Weighted statistics and w parameter]] | ||
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* [[Stochastic Information Packets (SIPs)]] | * [[Stochastic Information Packets (SIPs)]] | ||
− | ===[[Dynamic Simulation]]=== | + | ==== [[Dynamic Simulation]] ==== |
* [[Time index]] | * [[Time index]] | ||
* [[Dynamic function]] | * [[Dynamic function]] | ||
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* [[Reverse Dynamic]] | * [[Reverse Dynamic]] | ||
− | ===[[Importing, Exporting, and OLE Linking Data|Integration with Excel and other applications]]=== | + | ==== [[Importing, Exporting, and OLE Linking Data|Integration with Excel and other applications]] ==== |
* [[Using the Standard Copy and Paste Commands]] | * [[Using the Standard Copy and Paste Commands]] | ||
* [[Using OLE linking]] | * [[Using OLE linking]] | ||
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* [[Using the Import and Export Commands]] | * [[Using the Import and Export Commands]] | ||
− | ===[[Building Functions and Libraries]]=== | + | ==== [[Building Functions and Libraries]] ==== |
* [[Example function]] | * [[Example function]] | ||
* [[Call a function]] | * [[Call a function]] | ||
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* [[User Libraries]] | * [[User Libraries]] | ||
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− | ===[[Working with Large Models]]=== | + | ==== [[Working with Large Models]] ==== |
* [[Show module hierarchy]] | * [[Show module hierarchy]] | ||
* [[Outline window]] | * [[Outline window]] | ||
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* [[Memory usage and management]] | * [[Memory usage and management]] | ||
− | ===[[Procedural Programming]]=== | + | ==== [[Procedural Programming]] ==== |
* [[Procedural Programming Example]] | * [[Procedural Programming Example]] | ||
* [[Summary of Programming Constructs]] | * [[Summary of Programming Constructs]] | ||
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* [[Other Procedural Functions]] | * [[Other Procedural Functions]] | ||
− | ===[[Analytica Enterprise]]=== | + | ==== [[Analytica Enterprise]] ==== |
* [[Database access]] | * [[Database access]] | ||
* [[Database functions]] | * [[Database functions]] | ||
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* [[COM Automation Objects]] | * [[COM Automation Objects]] | ||
− | ===[[Appendices]]=== | + | ==== [[Appendices]] ==== |
* [[Selecting the Sample Size]]: What sample size should you use for modeling uncertainties? | * [[Selecting the Sample Size]]: What sample size should you use for modeling uncertainties? | ||
* [[Analytica Specifications]]: Requirements and specifications, including range and precision of numbers. | * [[Analytica Specifications]]: Requirements and specifications, including range and precision of numbers. |
Revision as of 17:31, 14 March 2016
Introduction: About Analytica
- If you don’t read manuals
- Hardware and software requirements
- Installation and licenses
- Editions of Analytica
- Help menu and documentation
- Normally, usually, and defaults
- Typographic conventions in this guide
- User guide Examples folder
- What’s new?
Examining a Model
- To open or exit a model
- Diagram window
- Classes of variables and other objects
- Selecting nodes
- Toolbar
- User input nodes and user output nodes
- Object window
- Attribute panel
- Values in Object Window
- Printing
Result Tables and Graphs
- Result window
- Table view of a result
- Graph view of a result
- Uncertainty view of a result
- Comparing results
Parametric analysis of model behavior
Create and edit a model
- Create and save a model
- Create and edit nodes
- Draw arrows
- Draw arrows between modules
- Alias nodes
- To edit an attribute
- Change class of an object
- Preferences dialog
Building Effective Models
Creating Lucid Influence Diagrams
- About influence diagrams
- Guidelines for creating lucid models
- Arranging nodes to make clear diagrams
- Organizing a module hierarchy
- Color in influence diagrams
- Diagram Style dialog
- Node Style dialog
- Taking screenshots of diagrams
Formatting Numbers, Tables, and Graphs
Creating and Editing Definitions
- Creating or editing a definition
- The Expression popup menu
- Expression Assist
- Object Finder dialog
- Definition menu
- The domain of possible values
- Check attribute
Creating Interfaces for End Users
- User interfaces
- User Input nodes
- Choice menu user input
- Checkbox user input
- User output nodes
- User inputs and outputs as aliases
- Onchange attribute
- Button creation
- Form modules
- Icon images in a node
- Graphics, frames, and text in a diagram
- Links or URL in model attributes
- Sharing your model
- Analytica Free 101
- Analytica Cloud Player (ACP)
Using Expressions
- Numbers
- Date and Time Values
- Boolean or truth values
- Text values
- Operators
- IF a THEN b ELSE c
- Function calls and parameters
- Math functions
- Numbers and text
- INF, NAN, and NULL - Exception values
- Warnings
- Datatype functions
Arrays and Indexes =
- Intelligent Arrays
- Indexes and arrays: An introduction
- IF a THEN b ELSE c with arrays
- Creating an index
- Functions that create indexes
- To make an edit table
- To edit a table
- Splice a table when computed indexes change
- Subscript and slice of a subarray
- Choice menus and Checkboxes in an edit table
- Shortcuts to navigate and edit a table
More Array Functions
- Array Function Example Variables
- Functions that create arrays
- Array-reducing functions
- Transforming functions
- Relational tables and multiD arrays
- Interpolation functions
- Fourier Transform
- Sets - collections of unique elements
- Other array functions
- DetermTable: Deterministic tables
- Subtable: Editable part of an array
- MultiTable: Combining editable and computed arrays
- Matrix functions
Other Functions
- Text functions
- Date functions
- Advanced math functions
- Complex number functions
- Financial functions
- Financial library functions
- Advanced probability functions
Expressing Uncertainty
- Choosing an appropriate distribution
- Defining a variable as a distribution
- Including a distribution in a definition
- Probabilistic calculation
- Uncertainty Setup dialog
Probability Distributions
- Probability distributions
- Parametric discrete distributions
- Probability density and mass graphs
- The domain attribute and discrete variables
- Custom discrete probabilities
- Parametric continuous distributions
- Custom continuous distributions
- Special probabilistic functions
- Multivariate distributions
- Importance weights
Statistics, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Analysis
- Statistical functions
- Weighted statistics and w parameter
- Importance analysis
- Sensitivity analysis functions
- Tornado charts
- X-Y plots
- Scatter plots
- Regression analysis
- Uncertainty in regression results
- Logistic regression functions
- Stochastic Information Packets (SIPs)
Dynamic Simulation
- Time index
- Dynamic function
- Time index details
- Dynamic initial values
- Dynamic using arrays
- Dynamic dependencies
- Dynamic and uncertainty
- Dynamic on non-Time Indexes
- Reverse Dynamic
Integration with Excel and other applications
- Using the Standard Copy and Paste Commands
- Using OLE linking
- Read from and write to Excel spreadsheets
- Using the Import and Export Commands
Building Functions and Libraries
Working with Large Models
- Show module hierarchy
- Outline window
- Find variables and other objects
- Manage attributes
- Invalid variables
- Filed modules and libraries
- Import a module or library
- Combining models into an integrated model
- Managing windows
- Memory usage and management
Procedural Programming
- Procedural Programming Example
- Summary of Programming Constructs
- Begin-End for Grouping Expressions
- Local Variables
- For and While Loops
- Recursion
- Local Indexes
- Ensuring Array Abstraction
- References and Data Structures
- Handles to Objects
- Dialog Functions
- Other Procedural Functions
Analytica Enterprise
- Database access
- Database functions
- Read and write text files
- Read data from URL on internet
- Making a browse-only model and hiding definitions
- Huge Arrays
- Performance Profiler library
- RunConsoleProcess - call other applications
- COM Automation Objects
Appendices
- Selecting the Sample Size: What sample size should you use for modeling uncertainties?
- Analytica Specifications: Requirements and specifications, including range and precision of numbers.
- Identifiers Already Used: A list of all identifiers used for system functions, variables, attributes, and control words.
- Error Message Types: Types of error message
- Forward and Backward Compatibility: Compatibility for Analytica releases for running models created with earlier or later releases.
- Bibliography: Books and links for useful background information.
Analytica Optimizer Guide
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