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Risk & uncertainty

From its inception, Analytica was designed to analyze risk and uncertainty — unlike spreadsheet applications which require special add-ins. Analytica’s fully integrated features for sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis and Monte Carlo simulation make it remarkably simple to treat risk and uncertainty in your models. Here are some examples of how organizations are using these methods.

Are cows worse than cars for greenhouse gas?

Turns out that methane from farm animals generates more greenhouse gas emissions than cars, trucks, trains, and planes combined.

Using Analytica to model farm financial risk

Analytica provides the perfect platform for Agricultural Economists to explore the tradeoff between risk and profit at the farm level.

Controversy to consensus: offshore oil platforms

Offshore oil in California is highly controversial. But, Lumina’s decision model on decommissioning oil platforms led to consensus for “rigs to reefs”.

Analysis for finance & decision professionals

Watch Dan Zoppo's webinar on the powerful Least Squares Monte Carlo method for real options problems that can add value to a businesses.

Social influences in modeling energy decarbonization

Discover how blending social dynamics with energy models revolutionizes climate policy, offering sustainable, culturally-informed solutions.

Estimation of the EVI using Monte Carlo

The expected value of information (EVI) lets you estimate the value of getting new information that reduces uncertainty. At first blush, it seems paradoxical that you can estimate...

US gas leaks much larger than previously estimated

A new Stanford-led study on natural gas leak rates from oil and gas activity across a large fraction of the US are about 3x more than previous government estimates. The…

AI weekly updates with Lonnie Chrisman

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