jml@ivory.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Michael Lodman) (09/16/88)
Does anyone have any comments on the PAWS/GPSM package from IRA?
Did it do the job? Was it straight-forward in use? Support?
Features? Any help from people who have used this package
would be appreciated.
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Michael Lodman (619) 485-3335
Advanced Development NCR Corporation E&M San Diego
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When you die, if you've been very, very good, you'll go to ... Montana.walter@garth.UUCP (Walter Bays) (09/20/88)
In article <405@ivory.SanDiego.NCR.COM> jml@ivory.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Michael Lodman) writes: >Does anyone have any comments on the PAWS/GPSM package from IRA? >Did it do the job? Was it straight-forward in use? Support? Features? 8 years ago I used CADS (analytic modeling) and 2 years ago I worked with people who were using PAWS. They work very well within the limits that IRA plainly explains. They're easy enough to use that the focus is on understanding your system rather than on the mechanics of building the model. You get lots of support at first, then a friendly knowledgeable grad student answering the telephone. We never had any problems that would have required more help, but if we had, I think we would have needed to buy some consultation. You need to put some real CPU power behind PAWS. I think 1 VAX-MIPS per user is the bare minimum, for simulation times from half an hour to several hours. Output is usually voluminous, and you have to sort through it for a few measures of interest. Last I heard they were working on still more options to control output. I wish they'd give up and dump everything into a multi-dimensional spreadsheet which you could browse as you wished. DISCLAIMER: Dr. Browne (IRA) was my thesis advisor. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My opinions are my own. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. UUCP: {pyramid,sri-unix,ingr,harvax}!garth!walter (415) 852-2384 USPS: Intergraph APD, 2400 Geng Road, Palo Alto, California 94303 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------