Standardized Model Documents
Detail Documents
The detail documents pick up where the overview documents leave off. They provide a more fine-grained view of specific aspects of the model. While there is only one overview document of each type, there may be multiple detail documents of the same type in a single model profile.
Document | Purpose |
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Assumption Document | This document will provide a central location for an in-depth treatment of assumptions on which the model is built. |
Parameter Document | The goal of a parameter document is to inform the reader of items in the mathematical domain of the model, the sources used, pre-processing and the form particular parameters take and their use in the modeling process. |
Parameter Instance Document | This document class provides a forum for providing actual parameter values used in simulation. For any given parameter, there may be several values used in different scenarios. |
Parameter Set Document | This document will provide a template for the modeler to reference any number of parameter instances and describe why they are chosen to implement a particular scenario. |
Component Document | Component documents describe certain individual elements of the simulation process in the model. |
Component Instance Document | Occasionally, a model may employ one of several optional elemental processes. This document type is similar to the Parameter Instance Document, but describes a process rather than a parameter. |
Component Set Document | This document allows the modeler to enumerate a set of component instances and explain their combined use. |
Output Document | The purpose of this document is to clearly define a given output the model produces. |
Output Instance | Each model run will produce specific model results or outputs. This document allows documentation of specific values produced by the model. |
Result Document | A result is a set of output instances produced by a given run. |
Version Document | This document will provide a connection between the current version of the model and previous versions. |