GoldSim Technical Appendices

The GoldSim User’s Guide includes six appendices. These appendices are not included in this Help system. The appendices are included in the User’s Guide, which is installed with the software as a PDF file (and is available from the Start menu under GoldSim). It is also available for download from the GoldSim website.

The appendices include the following information:

Appendix A: Introduction to Probabilistic Simulation. This appendix provides an introduction to basic concepts of probabilistic simulation, and provides suggestions for further reading.

Appendix B: Probabilistic Simulation Details. This appendix describes the mathematical details of the manner in which uncertainty is represented, propagated, and displayed in GoldSim.

Appendix C: Implementing External (DLL) Elements. This appendix provides instructions for users who wish to directly link external programs into a GoldSim model.

Appendix D: GoldSim Units Database. GoldSim is dimensionally aware and carries out all unit conversions internally. This appendix lists all of the internal units and conversion factors provided by GoldSim.

Appendix E: Database Input File Formats. GoldSim allows data to be imported from an ODBC-compliant database directly into GoldSim. This appendix describes the required database structures and formats to facilitate such a data transfer.

Appendix F: Integration Methods and Timestepping Algorithm. This appendix describes the methods used by GoldSim to numerically integrate differential equations. It also discusses the unique timestepping algorithm GoldSim uses to accurately represent discrete events.

Note: Each GoldSim extension module also has a separate manual (and Help system). If you have licensed any of GoldSim’s extension modules, separate sections describing the use of each of these will automatically be available within the Help system. However, some of the manuals for extension modules also contain appendices, and these appendices are not included in the Help system.

You can view the appendices for each User’s Guide (GoldSim and it’s extension modules) within the PDF files for each manual, or as separate PDF files (appendices only) available for download from the GoldSim website.