Example Models and Libraries - Table

This page lists example models and libraries. You can download them from here or (in some cases) link to a page with more details. Feel free to include and upload your own models and libraries.

Model/Library	Download	Domain	Description	Methods	For more
Model	Marginal abatement home heating.ana	carbon price, energy efficiency, climate policy	Shows how to set up a Marginal Abatement graph in Analytica.	graph methods, optimal allocation, budget constraint	Marginal Abatement Graph
Model	Solar Panel Analysis.ana	renewable energy, photovoltaics, tax credits	Explores whether it would it be cost effective to install solar panels on the roof of a house in San Jose, California.	net present value, internal rate of return, agile modeling	Solar Panel Analysis
Model	Items within budget.ana		Given a set of items, with a priority and a cost for each, selects out the highest priority items that fit within the fixed budget.		Items within Budget function
Model	Grant exclusion.ana	business analysis	Tests a hypothesis about the distribution of an attribute of the marginal rejectee of a grant program, given the relevance of that attribute to award of the grant.		Grant Exclusion Model
Model	Project Priorities 5 0.ana	business models	Evaluates a set of R&D projects (including uncertain R&D costs/revenues), uses multiattribute analysis to compare projects & generates the best portfolio given a R&D budget.	cost analysis, net present value (NPV), uncertainty analysis	Project Planner
Model	Steel and aluminum tariff model.ana		Estimate of the net impact of the 2018 import tariffs on steel and aluminum on the US trade deficit.		Steel and Aluminum import tariff impact on US trade deficit
Model	Tax bracket interpolation 2021.ana		Computes amount of tax due from taxable income for a 2017 US Federal tax return.		Tax bracket interpolation
Model	Feasible Sampler.ana	feasibility	Implements a button that will sample a collection of chance variables, then reset the sample size and keep only those sample points that are "feasible".
Model	Cross-validation example.ana		Fits a non-linear kernel function to the residual error, and uses cross-validation to determine how many kernel functions should be used.	cross-validation, overfitting, non-linear kernel functions	Cross-Validation / Fitting Kernel Functions to Data
Model	Bootstrapping.ana		Bootstrapping; estimates sampling error by resampling the original data.	bootstrapping, sampling error, re-sampling	Statistical Bootstrapping
Model	Kernel Density Estimation.ana		Demonstrates a very simple fixed-width kernel density estimator to estimate a "smooth" probability density.	kernel density estimation, kernel density smoothing	Smooth PDF plots using Kernel Density Estimation
Model	Output and input columns.ana		Presents an input table to a user, where one column is populated with computed output data, the other column with checkboxes for the user to select.	data analysis	Output and Input Columns in Same Table
Model	Platform2018b.ana	offshore platforms, oil and gas, stakeholders, rigs to reefs, decision support	Determined how to decommission California's 27 offshore oil platforms.	decision analysis, multi-attribute, sensitivity analysis	From Controversy to Consensus: California's offshore oil platforms
Model	Comparing retirement account types.ana or Free 101 Compatible Version	401(k), IRA, retirement account, decision analysis, uncertainty	Explores tradeoffs between different retirement account types.	MultiTables, sensitivity analysis	Retirement plan type comparison
Model	Plane catching with UI 2020.ANA		Determines when you should leave home to catch an early morning plane departure.	decision theory, decision analysis, uncertainty, Monte Carlo simulation, value of information, EVPI, EVIU	Plane Catching Decision with Expected Value of Including Uncertainty
Model	Marginal Analysis for Control of SO2 Emissions.ana	environmental engineering	Marginal analysis a.k.a. benefit/cost analysis to determine the policy alternative that leads us to the most economically efficient level of cleanup of acid rain from coal-burning electric-generating plants.	cost-benefit analysis, marginal analysis	Marginal Analysis for Control of SO2 emissions
Model	Donor-Presenter Dashboard.ana		Implements a continuous-time Markov chain in Analytica's discrete-time dynamic simulation environment. It supports immigration to, and emigration from, every node.	dynamic models, Markov processes	Donor/Presenter Dashboard
Model	Photosynthesis Regulation.ana - main regulation pathways Photosystem.ana - rough sketch of genetic regulation	photosynthesis	A model of how photosynthesis is regulated inside a cyanobacteria. Simulates the concentration levels of key transport molecules along the chain.	dynamic models	Regulation of Photosynthesis
Model	Time-series-reindexing.ana		Examples of time-series re-indexing.	dynamic models, forecasting, time-series re-indexing	Time-series re-indexing
Model	Post Compression Model		Calculator for computing the maximum load that can be handled by a Douglas Fir - Larch post of a given size, grade, and composition in a construction setting.		Timber Post Compression Load Capacity
Model	Compression Post Load Capacity.ana		Computes the load that a Douglas-Fir Larch post can support in compression. Works for different timber types and grades and post sizes.	compression analysis	Compression Post Load Calculator
Model	Daylighting analyzer.ana	engineering	How to analyze lifecycle costs and savings from daylighting options in building design.	cost-benefits analysis	Daylighting Options in Building Design
Model	California Power Plants.ana	power plants	Example showing how to use Choice menus and Checkbox inside an Edit table.	edit table, choice menu, pulldown menu, checkbox	California Power Plants
Model	Requires Analytica Optimizer Electrical Transmission.ana	electrical engineering, power generation and transmission	Electrical network model that minimizes total cost of generation and transmission.		Electrical Generation and Transmission
Model	Time of use pricing.ana & MECOLS0620.xlsx (both files needed)	reading from spreadsheets, time-of-use pricing, electricity pricing	Time-of-use pricing is a rate tariff model used by utility companies that changes more during times when demand tends to exceed supply.		Time of Use pricing
Model	Color map.ana		A model which highlights Cell Formatting and Computed Cell Formats.	computed cell formatting	Color Map
Model	World cup.ana		Demonstrates the Poisson distribution to determine why France beat Croatia in 2018.		2018 World Cup Soccer final
Model	resnet18.zip	residual network, deep residual learning, image recognition	Show it an image, and it tries to recognize what it is an image of, classifying it among 1000 possible categories. It uses an 18-layer residual network.		Image recognition
Model	Month to quarter.ana		Shows how to transform an array from a finer-grain index (e.g., Month) onto a coarser index (e.g., Quarter). We generally refer to this as aggregation.	aggregation, level of detail, days, weeks, months, quarters, years	Transforming Dimensions by transform matrix, month to quarter
Model	Convolution.ana		Contains several examples of convolved functions.	signal analysis, systems analysis	Convolution
Model	Dependency Tracker.ana		This module tracks dependencies through your model, updating the visual appearance of nodes so that you can quickly visualize the paths by which one variable influences another.	dependency analysis	Dependency Tracker Module
Model	French-English.ana	multi-lingual models	Maintains a single influence diagram with Title and Description attributes in both English and French.		Multi-lingual Influence Diagram
Model	Parsing XML example.ana	data extraction, xml, DOM parsing	Demonstrates two methods for extracting data: Using a full XML DOM parser, or using regular expressions.		Extracting Data from an XML file
Model	Vector Math.ana		Functions used for computing geospatial coordinates and distances.	geospatial analysis, GIS, vector analysis	Vector Math
Model	Total Allowable w Optimizer.ana or Total Allowable w StepInterp.ana for those without Optimizer		Determines how many fish or animals can be caught (landed) annually so that the probability of the population declining X% in Y years (decline threshold) is less than Z% (risk tolerance).	population analysis, dynamic models, optimization analysis	Total Allowable Harvest
Model	Cereal Formulation1.ana	product formulation, cereal formulation	Cereal formulation/discrete mixed integer model that chooses product formulations to minimize total ingredient costs.		Linearizing a discrete NSP
Model	Neural Network.ana	feed-forward neural networks, non-linear regression	Models set up to train a 2-layer feedforward sigmoid network to "learn" the concept represented by the data set(s), and then test how well it does across examples not appearing in the training set.	optimization analysis	Neural Network
Model	Earthquake expenses.ana		An example of risk analysis with time-dependence and costs shifted over time.	risk analysis, cost analysis	Earthquake Expenses
Model	Best used with Analytica Optimizer Loan policy selection.ana	creditworthiness, credit rating, default risk	Helps a lender decide optimal credit rating threshold to require and what interest rate (above prime) to charge.	risk analysis	Loan Policy Selection
Model	Hubbard_and_Seiersen_cyberrisk.ana	cybersecurity risk	Simulates loss exceedance curves for a set of cybersecurity events, the likelihood and probabilistic monetary impact of which have been characterized by system experts.	loss exceedance curve, simulation	Inherent and Residual Risk Simulation
Model	media:Red State Blue State plot.ana	map, states	Example containing the shape outlines for each of the 50 US states, along with a graph that uses color to depict something that varies by state.	graphing	Red or blue state
Model	COVID Model 2020--03-25.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic	A systems dynamics style SICR model of the COVID-19 outbreak within the state of Colorado.		COVID-19 State Simulator, a Systems Dynamics approach
Model	Corona Markov.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic, sensitivity analyses	Explores the progression of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic in the US, and to explore the effects of different levels of social isolation.		How social isolation impacts COVID-19 spread in the US - A Markov model approach
Model	Modelo Epidemiológoco para el Covid-19 con cuarentena.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic	Un modelo en cadena de Markov del impacto previsto de la enfermedad coronavirus COVID-19 en el Perú, y del impacto del aislamiento social.		Epidemiological model of COVID-19 for Perú, en español
Model	COVID-19 Triangle Suppression.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic	Models progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, understanding the amount of time that is required for lock down measures when a suppression strategy is adopted.		A Triangle Suppression model of COVID-19
Model	Simple COVID-19.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic	Explores possible COVID-19 Coronavirus scenarios from the beginning of March, 2020 through the end of 2020 in the US.		COVID-19 Coronavirus SICR progression for 2020
Model	US COVID-19 Data.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic, death, infection	Reads in COVID-19 data from the New York Times and transforms it into a form that is convenient to work with in Analytica.		COVID-19 Case and Death data for US states and counties
Model	Voluntary vs mandatory testing.ana	covid, covid-19, coronavirus, corona, epidemic	Computes the rate of infection in scenarios when COVID-19 testing is required/optional,based on prevalence rates, test accuracies and voluntary testing rates.		Mandatory vs Voluntary testing policies