<s>
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
is	O
a	O
ready-to-use	O
system	O
dynamics	O
modelling	O
and	O
simulation	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
for	O
understanding	O
different	O
organizations	O
,	O
markets	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
complex	O
systems	O
and	O
their	O
dynamic	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
modelling	O
and	O
simulating	O
large	O
hierarchical	O
models	O
with	O
multidimensional	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
models	O
are	O
created	O
in	O
a	O
traditional	O
way	O
with	O
stock	O
and	O
flow	O
diagrams	O
and	O
causal	B-Application
loop	I-Application
diagrams	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
is	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Simantics	O
Platform	O
and	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
Eclipse	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
provided	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
needs	O
for	O
features	O
like	O
hierarchical	O
modules	O
,	O
module	O
libraries	O
,	O
collaborative	O
model	O
development	O
and	O
efficient	O
model	O
communication	O
in	O
system	O
dynamics	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
modelling	O
framework	B-Architecture
Simantics	O
and	O
simulation	O
environment	O
OpenModelica	O
drove	O
the	O
developers	O
to	O
start	O
developing	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
modelling	O
and	O
simulation	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
system	O
dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spreadsheets	B-Application
An	O
easy	O
way	O
for	O
importing	O
and	O
managing	O
parameter	O
values	O
are	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experiments	O
Experiments	O
are	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
model	O
in	O
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functions	O
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
contains	O
built-in	O
functions	O
and	O
also	O
user-definable	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
(	O
as	O
any	O
other	O
Simantics	O
based	O
product	O
)	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Application
and	O
therefore	O
the	O
User	B-Application
interface	I-Application
logic	O
follows	O
closely	O
the	O
one	O
introduced	O
in	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simantics	B-Application
System	I-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
workbench	O
window	O
contains	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
perspective	O
and	O
perspectives	O
contain	O
different	O
views	O
and	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simantics	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
platform	O
especially	O
for	O
modelling	O
and	O
numerical	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
grounding	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
modelling	O
and	O
simulation	B-Application
software	I-Application
or	O
to	O
integrate	O
different	O
software	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
Simantics	O
platform	O
contains	O
many	O
features	O
and	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
elements	O
that	O
are	O
common	O
to	O
most	O
simulation	O
and	O
modelling	O
tools	O
like	O
diagram	O
editor	O
,	O
symbol	O
library	O
and	O
different	O
kind	O
of	O
experiment	O
and	O
state	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
