Modelling Guide
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Modeling tips
Intelligent Arrays and Array abstraction
- Array Abstraction
- Writing Array-Abstractable Definitions
- Array Manipulation Examples and Challenge Problems
- Expressions that don't array-abstract
- Associative vs. Positional Indexing
- Self-Indexed Arrays
- Implicit Dimensions (Lists, null-indexed arrays, unnamed dimensions)
- Local Indexes
- Table Splicing - edit tables based on computed indexes
Graphing
- Introduction to the Coordinate Index
- Tornado Plots
- Gantt Charts
- Waterfall Charts
- Contour/Region Charts
- Stacked clustered bar charts
- Heat maps
- Substitutes for Tukey-style Box Plots
End-user interfaces
- Using Buttons
- Inserting Choice Controls in Edit Table Cells
- Introduction to SubTables
- Customizing Balloon Help
- Model building by mouse Enabling modelers to build models by copying nodes and drawing arrows
Uncertainty and probability distributions
- Expressing Uncertainty : Distributions, sampling methods, the Run index, etc.
- Mixture distributions
Optimizer issues
Integrating with other applications
- Excel and Analytica
- Integrating with R: A Programming Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics
- OLE Linking
- Retrieving Content From the Web
- Querying an ODBC data source
Evaluation and caching
User-defined functions and libraries
- User-Defined Functions
- Modules and Libraries : Organizing models and files for collaboration
Other concepts
- Analytica Object Classes
- Objects and Values
- Using References
- Modeling Changes over Time
- Parametric Analysis
- INF, NAN, Null, and Undefined
- Encoding Decision Trees as influence diagrams
- Collation Order, for text comparison and sorting
- For versus Var
- Scripting : Button scripts, typescript
List of concept pages
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