Getting started: how to build and run a simple model

This section takes you through the whole process of building and running a model as quickly as possible. The exercise is based on a simple model of a bank account, since we are all familiar with this context, and we can readily do the calculations ourselves. This should save you from thinking that there is something mysterious about how Simile calculates the behaviour of a model.

The model: a simple bank account model

Step 1: Starting Simile: what's on the screen

Step 2: Making the model diagram

Step 3: Adding initial values, parameter values and equations

Step 4: Initialising the model

Step 5: Choosing the output displays

Step 6: Running the model

Step 7: Repeating the model edit/run cycle

Step 8: Saving and loading the model