CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOFTWARES
All this kind of software offer very powerful utilities and very friendly pages for the inexperienced user. In addition to the basic utilities they also have the creation of causal and flow diagrams, the use of complex mathematical functions, the creation of functions table, and they include the following general aspects:
- Use of multipages.
- Capture of data from Spreadsheet.
- Creation of Games of Simulation.
- Screens of control input/output.
- Analisi of sensitivity with Simulations of Montecarlo
PRODUCTS
It exists some kinds of software to develop the practical applications of this technique. It is always possible to obtain a free version. The most used are:
Vensim
Vensim is the most complete software and versatil than exists in the creation of models of System Dynamics, allowing us to cover all the areas of the modelización, from the simplest models to most complex.
ithink
This software has specific functionalities for applications in economy and management of companies. It has very powerful graphical utilities, that make to him very friendly for the non-expert user.
Stella
Stella appeared in 1985 for Mac equipment and constituted a true revolution, that allowed to leave the old format of Dynamo programming, since it offered a visualization of the relations between elements and the nonlinear functions. Its main destiny at the present time is for scientific applications, investigation, and in education.
Powersim
The scopes of application of this software are in the enterprise area. They are mainly financial models, management of clients, human analyses of production, resources and development of new products.
