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