How the strange Cauchy distribution proved useful
On Tuesday I had an interesting exchange with Jorge Muro Arbulú, a professor in Peru, about the Cauchy distribution, which also called the Lorenzian distribution. Unlike most probability distributions you encounter, the mean and variance for strange distribution...
More »Using Python to parse a Shapefile
A shapefile (*.shp) is a binary file format used by Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I used an existing Python library (Fiona) to read and parse a shape file, and then imported that data into Analytica. Here I'll show how...
More »How to call a Python function from Analytica
I found it pretty easy to call a Python function from Analytica using COM automation. The COM integration functionality comes included with the Analytica Enterprise edition. In this blog posting, I'll show you the basics...
More »Analytica and Cognitive Radio
The more I learn about our Analytica users, the more I discover that "those who like it, like it a lot" (to borrow a slogan from a brewery back home in Canada). I would add "those who like...
More »World Cup Soccer. How much does randomness determine the winner?
Yesterday France beat Croatia in the World Cup final. Congratulations to France for winning the world championship! And also to Croatia for making it to the final after a spectacular sequence of surprise upsets! Also yesterday, I overheard...
More »How to limit entry to specific cells of an edit table
Netflix's basic subscription plan was introduced in May 2014. In a Netflix business model that I created, I have an edit table where I can enter the number of subscribers of each plan time in each month. Since the...
More »Join the Analytica Users group!
We are revitalizing the Analytica Users group on LinkedIn. This group links together Analytica users, trainers and consultants across the globe. We encourage users to ask questions, share lessons learned, discuss best practices, and work together...
More »Analytica and Systems Dynamics: Interview with Cory Welch
Cory Welch gave a paper on using Analytica at the International System Dynamics Conference on why and how he uses Analytica for system dynamics (SD) models. He has extensive experience with systems dynamics, starting from his graduate studies at...
More »An Analytica model that recognizes images
I had a lot of fun building and playing with an Analytica model that analyses the pixels of an image to figure out what it is an image of. It implements the resnet18 model, a residual network model introduced...
More »Analytica 5.1 released
I am happy to announce the final release of Analytica and ADE 5.1! Please see the What's new in Analytica 5.1 page for a listing of new enhancements. To upgrade, download the installer from the Analytica Downloads page and run...
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