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MCSim User' Manual

6.3.1 SimType() specification

The type of analysis performed is specified using the SimType() specification. Example:

SimType(MonteCarlo);

The following keywords can be used:

• DefaultSim: the list of specified experiments is simulated,

• MonteCarlo: the specified experiments are simulated several times with random input parameters (see section 6.3.4 MonteCarlo() specification),

• MCMC (previously Gibbs): Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations are performed to attain the posterior distribution of the model's parameters, given their prior distributions Ñ that you specify Ñ and data for which the likelihood function can be computed (see section 6.3.6 MCMC() specification),

• SetPoints: the experiments are simulated using several lists of user-defined parameters values in input (see section 6.3.7 SetPoints() specification).

If MonteCarlo, MCMC, or SetPoints simulations are requested, additional specifications are needed (see below).