Min. OS Requirement | Windows XP |
Language | 11 languages (EN, FR, DE, IT, JP, KR, PT, CN (Simple + Traditional), ES RU), complete with the localized languages' user interface, user manuals, reports, examples, exercises, tools, charts,… |
Add-In | Requires Excel |
Available for Mac | No, requires Parallels Emulation |
Price includes 1st year maintenance | Yes |
Requires other Software? | Requires Microsoft Excel to run |
Scripting Support | Built In |
Simulation | Monte Carlo |
VBA Support | Built In |
CSV Support | Yes |
XML Support | Yes |
Distribution Fitting | Built In |
User Defined Distributions | Yes |
Distribution Gallery | 45 base distributions |
Monte Carlo Sampling | Yes |
Latin HyperCube Sampling | Yes |
Process Capability (6 Sigma) | Yes |
Sensitivity Analysis | Yes |
Tornado Analysis | Yes |
Precision Control | Yes |
Probability calculations functions | No |
Correlation | Yes |
Correlation Methods | Normal Copula Only (Iman- Conover) |
SIP Math Support | No |
Decision Trees | Decision Trees are bundled |
Stats Tools | Includes BizStat and Analytical Tools |
MS Project Support | No |
Charting | Built In |
Charts can be customized | Yes |
Automated Reporting | Yes |
Multi-Core Support | Yes |
Developper Kit | Yes |
Example Models | Yes |
Network Licensing Available | No |
Data Base Integration | 30+ Data Sources with CDATA Connectors |
Supported DBs | Standard ODBC sources from Excel + 3rd party connectors |
User Defined Distribution Library | |
Linear Optimization Methods | Yes |
Non-Linear Optimization Methods | Yes |
Requirements / Soft Constraints | yes |
Max Requirements | Unlimited |
Max Decision Variables | Unlimited |
PSI support | no |
Solution Filtering | yes |
Efficient Frontier | yes |
Scenario Analysis Support | Must be setup as separate submodels |
Convergence Testing | yes |
Genetic Algorithims | yes |
Ranges for Decision Variables | yes |
Main Solver Engine | OptQuest |
Optimize multiple statistics | no |
Optimization Goal Types | Minimize & Maximize |
Static Optimization Support | yes |
Dynamic Optimization Support | yes |
Stochastic Optimization Support | yes |
Time Series as distributions | Yes |
Time Series Fitting | Yes |
Time Series Methods | 8 Methods + ARIMA, J/S Curves, Fuzzy Logic and Econometrics |
Multiple Linear Regression | Deterministic Only |
Seasonal Methods | Seasonal Multiplicative, Seasonal Additive, Holt-Winter's Additive, Holt-Winter's Multiplicative |
Non-Seasonal Methods | Double Moving Average, Single Exponential Smoothing, Double Exponential Smoothing, Single Moving Average |
GBM Support | No |
Cubic Spline | Tool included to generate a Cubic Spline |
Heteroscedastic Models | GARCH Model |
ARIMA Support | Yes |
AutoARIMA | Yes |
Data Sensoring | Manual |
Time-Series Event Support | No |
Define Time Series | J/S-Curves, Cubic Spline |
Markov Chains | Basic Generation only |
Automatic Data Transform | No |
Manual Data Transform Methods | No |
Manual Deseasonalization | Yes |
Manual Detrending | Yes |
Visualize Simulated Output | No |
Exception Reporting | No |
Time Series Scenario Analysis | No |
Error Measures | RMSE, MSE, MAD, MAPE, Theil's U |
Time Series Fit Criteria | Adjusted R2, Akaike Information Criteria (AIC), Schwarz Information Criteria (SIC), Durbin-Watson |