Version 8.1 Sneak Peak
Version 8.10 of GoldSim will be released this fall, and will
include a number of significant new capabilities, including
an enhanced spreadsheet interface capability, an optimization
module, and the ability to have varying time steps in GoldSim
models and within Container elements. A quick preview of a
few of these new capabilities is provided below.
Spreadsheet Enhancements
We've redesigned the Spreadsheet element to make it even
easier to access Excel® spreadsheets from within GoldSim.
With the new version you can visually map your GoldSim inputs
and outputs onto regions of your spreadsheet.
You can also specify whether a spreadsheet is to be used
as a data source for GoldSim, as a destination for GoldSim
results, or as a function that is calculated every timestep.
In addition, you can specify indexing rules for the spreadsheet,
so that GoldSim will use a specified offset to locate values
as a function of the model's timestep or realization number.
For example, this woud you allow you to read from or write
to a different range of sheet of the spreadsheet based on
realization number or timestep.
In version 8.10 you will also be able to automatically download
spreadsheet data into a Time-Series Element or a Table element
at the beginning of your simulation.
We are also adding the capability to export time histories
from a Result element into a spreadsheet at the end of a simulation.
This allows you to automate saving of these results, and avoids
having to manually cut and paste.
New Table Element
The new Table element is easier to use than the old versions,
and combines the 1-d, 2-d and 3-d tables into a single, friendlier
element.
Optimization Module
We're adding an optimization capability in version 8.10.
This will let you adjust input variables for your GoldSim
model in order to optimize its results. You can use the optimization
module in order to optimize your system design or your strategic
plan. The Optimization Module will also allow you to achieve
the optimal calibration of your GoldSim model to historical
data.
Dynamic Timesteps
Sometimes an event changes a system's behavior, and shorter
timesteps are required in order to get accurate results for
a period of time following the event. GoldSim version 8.10
allows you to specify a timestep length that varies dynamically,
enabling you to handle this kind of situation. For example,
you could instruct GoldSim to shorten the timestep for the
two weeks after a specified event occurs.
You can also specify a timestep length for a specific Container
that is shorter than the timestep lenght for the model at
large. This can be very efficient if most of your system responds
quite slowly, but a part of it is highly dynamic and requires
shorter timesteps. Instead of slowing the entire model down
by specifying short global timesteps you can simply control
the step length for the appropriate subsystem.
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