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10/28/2017 | Blogs, Modeling tips & tricks, Videos

How to draw an influence diagram in 3 minutes

Learn to visualize decision-making and boost your analytical skills with this guide on drawing influence diagrams.

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10/27/2017 | Blogs, Modeling tips & tricks, Videos

Analytica toolbar

Discover the updates to the Analytica toolbar. See what is there and how you can use it.

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10/16/2017 | Blogs, Modeling tips & tricks, Open-source models

Using computed cell formatting to create a color map

In this post, I’m going to highlight some new cell formatting options. This is a new feature I’ve had fun experimenting with, and I look forward to seeing how our user community…

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03/03/2017 | Blogs, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Scripting languages, Python & R, Spreadsheet conversions

Is Analytica Microsoft’s future programming?

Norm Judah, Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Services, recently talked about the future of programming: “When someone thinks of business…

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02/19/2016 | Blogs, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Modeling tips & tricks

Marginal abatement: adding a dimension

In my earlier blog article, on 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…

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02/02/2016 | Blogs, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Newsworthy

Analytica & decision analysis

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…

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10/01/2015 | Blogs, Decision analysis & multi-criteria, Environment & climate

Pledges for the Paris climate talks analysis

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…

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03/04/2015 | Blogs, Modeling tips & tricks, Open-source models, Videos

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 instal…

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