| ORMSware (ormsware) benefits |
- Lucid, visual quantitative models that inspire, involve and
connect all stakeholders of a problem
- Transform complex spreadsheets into visual quantitative
network models that are easy to understand, modify and
maintain
- Hybrid models, retaining easy parts in spreadsheets while
moving complex parts to ORMSware
- Automatic time dimension to easily express problem dynamics
- Optimization, goal-seeking and numerous helpful functions
- Powerful array operations and all other functions and
functionality of modern Fortran 95
- Monte Carlo simulation for uncertainty analysis
- Standalone execution without ORMSware once a model is
built
- Strict ANSI-Fortran 95-compliant source generation for
compiling and executing models on any platform (PCs to
supercomputers) hosting a modern Fortran 95 processor
- All ORMSware variables declared with KIND attribute
for portability and architecture-independent accuracy
- Open architecture
- Free to anyone for personal training and use
ORMSware Suite is a line of rapid,
visual quantitative modeling tools from Ushar Enterprises Inc.
ORMS in ORMSware stands for Operations Research/ Management
Science. The first component of ORMSware Suite released in
February 2003 is our [hierarchical] Network-structured
Modeler (NMOD).
NMOD is a limited release of ORMSware's
general purpose discrete event simulator component (next in line).
The limit in this release is the absence of animation, Resource
Module for automatic creation and handling of resource entities
(watch for our innovation), and Statistics Module for automatic
statistics gathering. As a subset of
the simulator, NMOD is also a general purpose Monte Carlo
simulation tool.
NMOD enables engineers and analysts to
focus on quickly developing quantitative models that are too large
and/or complex for spreadsheets, avoiding the undesirable
distractions of heavy programming.
NMOD has also turned out to be an ideal
tool for systematic, rapid, risk-less transformation of legacy
spreadsheets into visual quantitative networks. Many
organizations have spreadsheets that have evolved over time into
constraining spaghetti structures that are too risky to modify and
hard to maintain. We have a low-cost, high-impact methodology for
transforming spreadsheet models into visual NMOD models that are
easy to understand, maintain and modify (See chapter on Transforming
spreadsheet models into NMOD models in
Hands-on Tutorial).
The general ORMSware paradigm is
anchored in the undeniable fact that logical networks
are pervasive structures which can be used to visually express
quantitative solutions in any discipline, in any application arena.
ORMSware network objects in combination with easy ORMSware
notations make it possible to model virtually any quantitative
problem in any setting.
NMOD's distributed components are tightly coordinated and
synchronized. Since the NMOD engine is totally free from Windows
overhead, and is detached from NMOD's model definition environment
(Visio 2002 and UltraEdit browser), NMOD models execute very fast.
This is a critical advantage when models are complex and
large-scale.
NMOD's engine is not confined to running
on the PC platform. NMOD models are portable to any platform,
from workstations to supercomputers.
NMOD's very first release (Version 0.0A, February 2003) is free
to analysts for individual training and personal use. It is
also free to students and faculty of recognized academic
institutions for pedagogical purposes. Registration is
necessary in call cases.
Nonacademic organizations will be able to use this release free
for at least 45 days. Models developed during the approved trial
period can still be used after trial, without NMOD, since all
NMOD models are standalone executables.
Full commercial version of NMOD will be developed and made
available when a critical mass of registered users tell us that
they want to use NMOD in projects for their organizations and
clients.
Commercial version will also be available to organizations for
free 45-day trial. Legitimate academic institutions will continue
to enjoy NMOD for free. If a nonacademic organization chooses not
to purchase commercial version after the trial period, models
developed during trial will still continue to execute. Only NMOD's
model translator (NETrans) will stop functioning after trial
period, strictly to disable new model development.
ORMSware's target market consists of organizations in
both government and commercial sectors who are constantly engaged
in developing and maintaining complex and large-scale scientific
and engineering models and advanced quantitative business models;
and organizations eager to migrate complex production spreadsheets
to an environment where content logic is easy to see, understand,
modify and maintain.
ORMSware needs three support products to function
(Microsoft Visio, IDM UltraEdit, and Lahey/Fujitsu Fortran 95
compiler). After the free trial period, all licensees will have to
purchase the above products to use ORMSware, while ORMSware
itself will be free to personal and educational licensees. As
mentioned before, EXEs of models developed during trial period
will continue to execute without any of the support products.
However, if you intend to put a model into production, you should
buy a Lahey/Fujitsu compiler (see Lahey's incredibly affordable
pricing information in download
section of Hands-on Tutorial Chapter 1).
| Normal
price for a paid ORMSware license is $1,200. It
covers costs of the support products. Currently we are
offering ORMSware for free to academic as well as
non-academic organizations with certain conditions
attached. Contact us for details. |
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Attn: ORMSware Project
6315 Central City Blvd #413
Galveston, TX 77551, USA
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