Using computed cell formatting to create a color map
Analytica 5.0 has a long list of new features which you can review on our “What’s new in Analytica 5.0?” page. In the coming weeks, we'll be highlighting some of these changes on this blog and...
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Since the October 30, 2017 release of Analytica 5.0 is fast approaching, it seemed like a good time to re-run the benchmark timing tests from my earlier blog posting, "Faster evaluation in Analytica 4.6", to see how the upcoming release compares. Speed enhancements can...
More »Is Analytica what Microsoft says will be the future of programming?
Norm Judah, Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Services, recently talked about the future of programming: “When someone thinks of business solutions they will be programming in models. They will still be coding but it wouldn't be the way...
More »Marginal Abatement part 2 - adding a dimension
In my earlier blog article, Marginal Abatement, I explained what a Marginal Abatement graph is and how to set up such a graph in Analytica. In this article, I'm going to generalize that model to array-abstract over additional dimensions,...
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I absolutely admire Analytica as a tool/software and find it a work of art, really. I admire the people who created it. I discovered Analytica in 2013 on an INFORMS web directory of OR/MS solution vendors and consultants. Using...
More »Apples to Oranges to Chinese Gooseberries: Pledges for the Paris climate talks
October 1, 2015 was the UN's deadline to receive national pledges for the UN Climate Change Treaty to be negotiated in Paris this December. At the end of February, the UN received the first submission — Switzerland's proposal to reduce...
More »Faster evaluation in Analytica 4.6
As we celebrate the release of Analytica 4.6 this week, I thought I would share the results of some benchmark timings that I carried out to test how the evaluation speed in 4.6 compares with the previous two Analytica releases. As...
More »Analytica 4.6 beta available
The first beta release of Analytica 4.6 and ADE is now available. This kicks off the beta testing cycle for this next release of Analytica and ADE. To see a list of new enhancements, visit What’s New in Analytica 4.6? ...
More »Cost effectiveness of installing rooftop solar panels
If you are new to modeling, it can be very helpful to watch someone build a model from start to finish. I created a model to decide whether it would be cost-effective to install solar panels on the roof of...
More »Marginal Abatement
Analytica models in the energy sector often include a Marginal Abatement graph for CO2 emissions. In this post I explain briefly what a Marginal Abatement graph is and provide steps for creating one of these graphs in Analytica. I have...
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