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This section give tips and guidelines from the experts on how to model with Analytica.
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Most of these pages offer tips and details that go beyond the [[Analytica User Guide]]:
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==== Modeling tips ====
 
* [[Managing Memory and CPU Time for large models]]
 
* [[Managing Memory and CPU Time for large models]]
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* [[Array Manipulation Examples and Challenge Problems]]
 
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* [[Excel to Analytica Mappings|How to translate Excel spreadsheets into Analytica]]
 
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* [[Debugging Hints]]
 
* [[Debugging Hints]]
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* [[Tips on model design]]
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* [[Modeling Changes over Time]]
  
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* [[Articles that refer to Analytica]]
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=== Quick access ===
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* [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]
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* [[Writing Array-Abstractable Definitions]]
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* [[Shortcuts for Table Navigation]]
  
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* [[Formulations that Preserve Linearity for Optimization]] -- for builders of Structured Optimization models
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=== Settings ===
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* [[Preferences]]
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* [[Configuring Personalized Defaults]]
  
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= [[:category:Concepts|Concepts]] =
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=== Graphing ===
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* [[Graph setup dialog]]
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* [[Introduction to the Coordinate Index]]
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* [[Graphing a Probability Density]]
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*[[Making a Multi-D Scatter Plot]]
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* [[Tornado Plots]]
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* [[Gantt Charts]]
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* [[Waterfall Charts]]
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* [[Contour/Region Charts]]
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* [[Stacked clustered bar charts]]
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* [[Heat maps]]
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* Substitutes for Tukey-style [[Box Plots]]
  
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*[[Array Abstraction]]
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=== End-user interfaces ===
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*[[Evaluation Modes]]
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* [[Buttons|Using Buttons]]
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*[[Modules and Libraries]]&nbsp;: Organizing models, storing in separate files for collaboration or reuse.
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* [[Inserting Choice Controls in Edit Table Cells]]
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*[[Expressing Uncertainty]]&nbsp;: Distributions, sampling methods, the Run index, etc.<br>
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* [[Introduction to SubTables]]
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*[[Associative vs. Positional Indexing]]
 
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*[[Self-Indexed Arrays]]
 
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*[[Implicit Dimensions]] (aka Lists, null-indexed arrays, unnamed dimensions)
 
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*[[User-Defined Functions]]
 
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*[[Using References]]
 
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*[[Modeling Changes over Time]]
 
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*[[Parametric Analysis]]
 
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*Optimization
 
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**[[Linear and Quadratic Programming]]
 
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**[[Non-linear Programming]]
 
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*[[Scripting]]&nbsp;: Button scripts, typescript
 
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*Special Values [[INF, NAN, Null, and Undefined]]
 
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*[[Local Indexes]]  
 
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*[[Table Splicing]] - edit tables based on computed indexes
 
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*[[OLE Linking]]  
 
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*[[Model building by mouse]] Enabling modelers to build models by copying nodes and drawing arrows
 
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*[[Class|Analytica Object Classes]]
 
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*[[Controlling When Result Are Cached]]
 
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*[[Encoding Decision Trees]] as influence diagrams
 
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*[[Proactive Evaluation]]
 
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*Structured Optimization
 
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**[[DefineOptimization]]
 
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**[[Formulations that Preserve Linearity for Optimization]]
 
 
* [[Description_balloons#Customizing_Balloon_Content|Customizing Balloon Help]]
 
* [[Description_balloons#Customizing_Balloon_Content|Customizing Balloon Help]]
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* [[CloudPlayerStyles_Attribute_Values|Customizing the model interface styles for Cloud Player presentation]]
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* [[Model building by mouse]]  
  
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= Mini-Tutorials =
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=== Analytica language ===
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*[[Expression Syntax]]
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* [[User-Defined Functions]]
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* [[Class|Analytica Object Classes]]
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*[[Objects and Values]]
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* [[Analytica Attributes| Analytica Attributes]]
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*[[Using References]]
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* [[Functions by category]]
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* [[:Category:Functions|Functions by wiki category]]
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* [[Alphabetical Function List|Functions and Operators in alphabetical order]]
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* [[Function Parameter Qualifiers]]
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* [[System variables]]
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* [[INF, NAN, Null, and Undefined]]
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* [[For versus Var]]
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* [[Collation Order|Sorting text values]]
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* [[Meta-Inference]]
  
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Currently, the ones here are focused on features new to 4.0.  But more will be coming.  For more material along these lines, see the list of past Analytica User Group webinars at [[Analytica User Group]].
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=== Intelligent Arrays and Array abstraction ===
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* [[Array Abstraction]]
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* Graphing
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* [[Writing Array-Abstractable Definitions]]
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** [[Introduction to the Coordinate Index]]
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* [[Expressions that don't array-abstract]]
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*** [[Graphing a Probability Density]]
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* [[Array Manipulation Examples and Challenge Problems]]
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*** [[Making a Multi-D Scatter Plot]]
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* [[Associative vs. Positional Indexing]]
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** [[Tornado Plots]]
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* [[Self-Indexed Arrays]]  
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** [[Gantt Charts]]
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* [[Implicit Dimensions]] (Lists, null-indexed arrays, unnamed dimensions)
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** [[Waterfall Charts]]
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* [[Local Indexes]]
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** [[Contour/Region Charts]]
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* [[Table Splicing]] - edit tables based on computed indexes
  
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* Edit Tables
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=== User-defined functions and libraries ===
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** [[Inserting Choice Controls in Edit Table Cells]]
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* [[User-Defined Functions]]
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** [[Introduction to SubTables]]
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* [[Creating Libraries]]
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* [[Modules and Libraries]]: Organizing models for collaboration
  
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* Integration with External Programs and Data.
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=== Integrating with other applications ===
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** [[Retrieving Content From the Web]]
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* [[Excel and Analytica]]
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** [[DbQuery/Step-by-Step_querying_Microsoft_Access|Querying an ODBC data source]]
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* [[Integrating with R|Integrating with R stats language]]
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* [[OLE Linking]]
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* [[Retrieving Content From the Web]]
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* [[DbQuery/Step-by-Step_querying_Microsoft_Access|Querying an ODBC data source]]
  
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= Suggested Topics =
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=== Uncertainty and probability distributions ===
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* [[Expressing Uncertainty]]
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* [[Mixture distribution]]s
  
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Please list other areas for which you would like tips or guidelines, or add your own:
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=== Optimizer ===
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*[[DefineOptimization]]
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*[[Formulations that Preserve Linearity for Optimization]]
  
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* Choosing the Sample Size
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=== Evaluation and caching ===
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* [[Evaluation Modes]]
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* [[Proactive Evaluation]]
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* [[Controlling When Result Are Cached]]
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* [[Save results]]
  
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* Dynamic simulation
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=== Scripting and Typescript ===
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* [[Scripting| Button scripts]]
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* [[Scripting Guide]]
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* [[:Category:Typescript Commands|Typescript commands]]
  
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* Programs that do things with and to models
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=== Other concepts ===
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* [[Parametric Analysis]]
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* [[Encoding Decision Trees|Decision trees as influence diagrams]]
  
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* How to make models transparent and easy to understand
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=== [[:category:Concepts|List of concept pages]]  ===
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 15 November 2023


Most of these pages offer tips and details that go beyond the Analytica User Guide:

Modeling tips

Quick access

Settings

Graphing

End-user interfaces

Analytica language

Intelligent Arrays and Array abstraction

User-defined functions and libraries

Integrating with other applications

Uncertainty and probability distributions

Optimizer

Evaluation and caching

Scripting and Typescript

Other concepts

List of concept pages

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