Time Series: Modeling Changing Amounts Over Periods

Posted by Jason Lillywhite

A common modeling requirement in GoldSim is to represent movement of (or changes in) amounts of material over time intervals. Common examples we have seen from our users are flows through a pipe, site runoff, and rainfall amounts. Representing this type of data can be challenging if you are not used to GoldSim's way of explicitly defining data in the Time Series element. I think a reason for this is due to our familiarity with spreadsheets, which do not require explicitly defining how the data is represented.