AnalyseGE: Software Assisting Modellers in the Analysis of Their Results
Ken Pearson, Thomas W. Hertel, Mark Horridge · 2007
When modellers carry out an application with a general equilibrium model, they are faced with the task of explaining their results. This requires them to identify and quantify the main mechanisms of the model which are producing the results. To do this, they must bring together details of the equations of the model, the base data, consequences of that data (totals etc) and the simulation results (percentage changes etc). AnalyseGE is a software tool which is aimed at assisting modellers to move quickly between these different information sources. The AnalyseGE interface gives users point and access to the equations of the model, the data, and the simulation results. In particular a modeller can click on any equation and ask the software to group the terms into different natural parts, and give the numerical values of each term. This greatly reduces the burden associated with analysing simulations, and offers the potential for significantly boosting the productivity of applied general equilibrium modellers.