Comparison chart for PLE, PLE Plus, Professional, DSS, and Model Reader

Feature	PLE	PLE Plus	Pro	DSS	Read
SyntheSim	X	X	X	X	X
Ability to cut feedback links on the fly in SyntheSim mode	X	X	X	X
Sketch Editor with Undo/Redo	X	X	X	X
Causal Loop Diagrams	X	X	X	X	X
Stock and Flow Diagrams	X	X	X	X	X
Tree Diagrams	X	X	X	X	X
Document Tool	X	X	X	X	X
Loop Identification	X	X	X	X	X
Equation Editor	X	X	X	X
Built-in Functions	X	X	X	X
Units Check	X	X	X	X
Causal Tracing®	X	X	X	X	X
Reality Check®	X	X	X	X	X
Simulation	X	X	X	X	X
Graphs	X	X	X	X	X
Tabular Output (Tables)	X	X	X	X	X
Run Comparison (between two simulations)	X	X	X	X	X
On-line Help	X	X	X	X
Multiple Views (pages or sectors of a model)	X	X	X	X	X
Input and Output Sketch Objects	X	X	X	X	X
Gaming		X	X	X	X
Sensitivity Simulations (Monte Carlo)		X	X	X	X
External Data Import/Export (spreadsheet etc.)		X	X	X	X
Live Data Connections		X	X	X	X
Discrete Event Functions			X	X	X
Editable Sketch Toolsets			X	X
Hide Sketch Elements		X	X	X	X
Simulation Control Dialog			X	X
Partial Model Simulation			X	X
User-configurable Tools			X	X
Histograms			X	X	X
Password Protection			X	X	X
Model Calibration (optimization)			X	X	X
Policy Optimization			X	X	X
Kalman Filtering			X	X
Subscripts (Arrays) – up to 8 dimensions			X	X	X
Bar Graphs			X	X	X
Gantt Charts			X	X	X
Summary Statistics			X	X	X
Text Editor			X	X
User defined Macros			X	X	X
Multi-core sensitivity and optimization				X
Run configuration manager				X
ODBC Capabilities				X	X
Packaged Applications (Venapps, flight simulators)				X	X
Graphical Venapp Builder				X
Dynamic Data Exchange				X
External Functions				X	X
Compiled Models (C language)				X	X
Sub-models			X	X
Publish to web				X
DLL Configuration				X	X
Feature	PLE	PLE Plus	Pro	DSS	Read