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 Batch Mode

Using the ECCO Modelling Software

The program described here is a stop-gap measure that will be used until the graphical interface is capable of saving data to disk.

Installation

You will need to install (in the following order). Follow the hyperlinks to each for detailed instructions:

Java Development Kit

ECCO Installer packages

Once these are installed correctly, you should be able to invoke the batch system by running the 'runEccoBatch' script in the installation directory. This won't launch any newwindows (other than a DOS console window perhaps), but flash up a few messages and then exit, at which point a file 'dynresults.csv' will have been generated. This file can be imported into Microsoft Excel or any other spreadsheet program.

Setting Scenario Specifications

The batch file will read in a scenario definition file and produce a complete set of output for each scenario that it encounters, as well as the 'business as usual' scenario (i.e. the model with no policy changes made to it). The file is located at scripts/dyn/ei_scen.txt under the install directory. The format is fairly straightforward, with each scenario defining a 'blurb' (a short description, which will be displayed in the Sirius GUI if the scenario is presented there), values of any variables to be changed, and the names of key indicators to save. (The latter is ignored by the batch script, which just saves everything.)