Difference between revisions of "Analytica Tutorial"

Latest revision as of 22:19, 4 June 2024

This Tutorial offers a fast way to learn the essentials of Analytica. Each section takes you through an example model. We encourage you to open each model in Analytica and try out the steps as you read through each section.

You can refer to this brief overview for tutorial conventions and steps on how to install Analytica.

Opening A Model	Reviewing A Model	Create a Model
Arrays	Uncertainty	Sharing a Model in ACP
Decision Trees: Party Problem Model	Dynamic Systems: Foxes and Hares Model	Example Models and Libraries

Tip

It's often helpful to arrange this Tutorial in a browser window side by side with the Analytica window, so you can see both at once, if your screen is wide enough.

Glossary: The meanings of special Analytica terms
How to install Analytica
Analytica User Guide: A guide to the key features and how to use them, providing a lot more detail than this Tutorial.
Analytica Docs: This online resource, which includes this Tutorial, User Guides for Analytica, Optimizer, ACP, ADE, and more examples, libraries, tips, and reference material.
Analytica User Forum: A place to ask questions or share with other Analytica users and see questions and answers that other users have posted.
Lumina Blog: A collection of short articles from Luminaries and others on topics relating to Analytica, modeling, decision analysis, news and announcements, and more.
Analytica User group on LinkedIn. Another place to share information with the Analytica users community or watch for Analytica-relevant announcements.

Release:	4.6 • 5.0 • 5.1 • 5.2 • 5.3 • 5.4 • 6.0 • 6.1 • 6.2 • 6.3 • 6.4 • 6.5

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-==How to use this document==
+This Tutorial offers a fast way to learn the essentials of Analytica. Each section takes you through an example model. We encourage you to open each model in Analytica and try out the steps as you read through each section.
-Under each page's title the page's hierarchy and any parent pages will be listed. The pages in the guide can be read in any order, but for those who want to read the guide sequentially there are Previous and Next links at the bottom of each page which will take the reader through all of the guide's pages in order.
-At the bottom of each page there is also a Navbox that will list all of the contents of the guide so any page in the guide will be accessible from any other page in the guide.
+You can refer to this [[About Analytica|brief overview]] for tutorial conventions and steps on how to install Analytica.
-==Contents==
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; text-align:center; border: 1px solid #ffffff"
-*[[About Analytica]]
-*[[Using the Rent vs. Buy Model]]
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;padding: 10px"|[[File:tutorialch1.png|center|200x200px]]
-*[[Exploring the Rent vs. Buy Model]]
-*[[Analyzing the Rent vs. Buy Analysis Model]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Open a model to browse|Opening A Model]]'''
-*[[Creating Models]]
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff"|[[File:tutorialch2.png|center|200x200px]]
-*[[Working with Arrays (Tables)]]
-*[[Creating the Party Problem Model]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Reviewing a model|Reviewing A Model]]'''
-*[[Creating the Foxes and Hares Model]]
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff"|[[File:tutorialch3.png|center|200x200px]]
-*[[Sharing Models with Others]]
-*[[Example Models and Libraries]]
+[[Tutorial: Create a model|'''Create a Model''']]
-*[[Glossary]]
+|-
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;padding: 10px"|[[File:tutorialch4.png|center|200x200px]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Arrays|Arrays]]'''
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff"|[[File:tutorialch5.png|center|200x200px]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Uncertainty|Uncertainty]]'''
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff"|[[File:tutorialch6.png|center|200x200px]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Sharing a model with ACP|Sharing a Model in ACP]]'''
+|-
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;padding: 10px"|[[File:tutorialch7.png|center|200x200px]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Decision trees|Decision Trees: Party Problem Model]]'''
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff"|[[File:tutorialch8.png|center|200x200px]]
+'''[[Tutorial: Dynamic system model|Dynamic Systems: Foxes and Hares Model]]'''
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff"|[[File:tutorialch9.png|center|200x200px]]
+'''[[Example Models and Libraries]]'''
+|}
+<tip> It's often helpful to arrange this Tutorial in a browser window side by side with the Analytica window, so you can see both at once, if your screen is wide enough. </tip>
 ==See Also==
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+* [[Glossary]]: The meanings of special Analytica terms
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+* [[About Analytica#Installing Analytica|How to install Analytica]]
-|  <-  ||  [[Analytica Tutorial]] || -> [[About Analytica]]
+* [[Analytica User Guide]]:  A guide to the key features and how to use them, providing a lot more detail than this Tutorial.
-|}
+* [[Analytica Docs]]: This online resource, which includes this Tutorial, User Guides for Analytica, Optimizer, ACP, ADE, and more examples, libraries, tips, and reference material.
-</translate>
+* [https://lumina.com/community Analytica User Forum]: A place to ask questions or share with other Analytica users and see questions and answers that other users have posted.
+* [https://lumina.com/blog/ Lumina Blog]: A collection of short articles from Luminaries and others on topics relating to Analytica, modeling, decision analysis, news and announcements, and more.
+* [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1940454/ Analytica User group on LinkedIn].  Another place to share information with the Analytica users community or watch for Analytica-relevant announcements.
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