Difference between revisions of "Analytica Docs"

Latest revision as of 20:12, 25 February 2025

About These Analytica docs include a rich variety of tutorials, user guides, example models, and reference materials. You can explore what's available in the Docs contents -- the expandable outline on the left of this and every page. What are these Analytica docs?	Analytica Open these docs from Analytica Edit and improve these docs What's new in the latest release? What's new in ACP? Compare editions Download Analytica Free Edition Download Analytica and ADE	Getting Started Tutorial Building Effective Models Creating Lucid Influence Diagrams Intro to Indexes and Arrays Example Models and Libraries

Featured pages
Assista Assista, the Analytica's AI assistant is new to Analytica 6.5. It offers a conversational interface that answers questions about Analytica, about your model, and can even help you build your model and write Analytica expressions. It can make your modeling process much faster and more convenient. Like many tools using Large Language Models (LLMs) it can be amazingly helpful, but it isn't 100% reliable. So you still need to apply your human intelligence! You can start it from the new icon in the toolbar. Learn more at Assista.	Database library: A library of functions to make it easy to create, read, update, examine and delete database tables, without having to write SQL.
	Themes Library: Use the Themes Library to quickly update your diagram and graph styles with some new and updated preset themes!
	Weibull estimation library: This library includes functions for estimating Weibull distributions for lifespan or time to failure from data, and to obtain mean, median, and variance, and percentiles of a Weibull from its shape (k) and scale (lamda) parameters (and vice versa).

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Welcome to the Analytica Wiki!  For now, it offers introductions to the new features of Analytica 4.0 for the use of beta testers.  Over time, it will grow to include FAQs and tips on how to use Analytica, more examples, shared libraries, detailed documentation to extend the User Guide, and more.
+[[Category: Analytica Docs]]
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 90%"
+|style="width: 100%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |
+[[File:Splashero.png|center|500px]]
-This is a wiki -- like Wikipedia -- meaning you can edit and add to it, as well as read it. We at Lumina wrote the initial content, and we will continue to add more. But, we invite beta testers of Analytica 4.0 (and later all licensed Analytica users) also to contribute. If you are a licensed Analytica user and don't have access permission, please email info@lumina.com to get a password.
+|}
-If you can't find -- or can't understand -- an answer to your question, add your question, or point out the problem. If you know an answer, or have tips, examples, or libraries you want to share, please add them.
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%; border: 1px solid #ffffff"
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;padding: 10px; background-color:#ffffff;vertical-align:top;"|
+<big>'''About'''</big><br />
+These '''Analytica docs''' include a rich variety of [[Tutorial|tutorials]], [[User Guide|user guides]], example models, and reference materials. You can explore what's available in the '''Docs contents''' -- the  expandable outline on the left of this and every page.
-How to use this: The wiki software is Mediawiki (as used by Wikipedia). Use the tabs:
+[[What are these Analytica docs?]]<br />
-* '''Discussion''' to view or edit comments (Talk) on the main page.
-*You can add comments in the "Discussion" tab
-* '''Edit''' to edit or add to the article. See examples for syntax.
-* '''History''' to see and compare recent changes, or revert to remove a mistake.
-We hope that it will become a shared resource, created and used by the entire community of Analytica users, to help all of us use Analytica more easily and effectively.
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;padding: 10px; background-color:#ffffff;vertical-align:top;"|
+<big>'''Analytica'''</big><br />
+[[Open these docs from Analytica]]<br />
+[[Edit and improve these docs]]<br />
+[[What's new|What's new in the latest release?]]<br />
+[[What's new in ACP?]]<br />
+[[Editions of Analytica|Compare editions]]<br />
+[https://analytica.com/products/free/ Download Analytica Free Edition]<br />
+[https://analytica.com/analytica-downloads/ Download Analytica and ADE]<br />
+|style="width: 33%;border: 1px solid #ffffff;padding: 10px; background-color:#ffffff;vertical-align:top;"|
+<big>'''Getting Started'''</big><br />
+[[Analytica Tutorial|Tutorial]]<br />
+[[Building Effective Models]]<br />
+[[Creating Lucid Influence Diagrams]]<br />
+[[Indexes and arrays: An introduction|Intro to Indexes and Arrays]]<br />
+[[Example Models and Libraries]]<br />
+|}
-* [[Highlights of Analytica 4.0]]
+{| class="wikitable"  style="width: 100%;vertical-align:top;"
+|-
+! colspan="2"| Featured pages
+|-
+|rowspan="3" style="width: 50%;vertical-align:top;"| <big>[[Assista]]</big> <br />
+Assista, the Analytica's AI assistant is new to Analytica 6.5. It offers a conversational interface that answers questions about Analytica, about your model, and can even help you build your model and write Analytica expressions. It can make your modeling process much faster and more convenient. Like many tools using Large Language Models (LLMs) it can be amazingly helpful, but it isn't 100% reliable. So you still need to apply your human intelligence! You can start it from the new icon in the toolbar.
+Learn more at [[Assista]].
-* [[What's new in Analytica 4.0?]]
+|[[Database library]]: A library of functions to make it easy to create, read, update, examine and delete database tables, without having to write SQL.
+|-
-* [[What's new in ADE 4.0?]]
+|[[Themes Library]]: Use the Themes Library to quickly update your diagram and graph styles with some new and updated preset themes!
+|-
-* [[Beta Tester Page|Analytica 4.0 Beta Test Program]] What is it? How do I join? And what do I do?
+|[[Weibull estimation library]]: This library includes functions for estimating Weibull distributions for lifespan or time to failure from data, and to obtain mean, median, and variance, and percentiles of a Weibull from its shape (k) and scale (lamda) parameters (and vice versa).
+|}
-* [[Analytica Modelers Guide]]: Hints and examples. (Not much there yet.)
-* [[Analytica Reference]]: The real details, but only on a few features at present.
-* [[Analytica libraries and templates]] and [[Example Models]]: Nothing there yet.
-* [[Enhancement Requests for Analytica]]: Here's what else I think Analytica should do.
-* [[Comments and suggestions for Analytica wiki]]: Here's how we can improve this Wiki.
-* [[Analytica User FAQs]]: Coming soon.