Economics Model

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[From Bill Powers (2007.11.27.1339 MST)]

I went through the model ConsumerUn.pas and made sure it at least
compiles when used as a Unit with a Delphi (or any other) Pascal
program. It doesn't run, but the errors have been taken care of.

Best,

Bill P.

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[From Bjorn Simonsen (2007.11.27,22:35 EUST)]
from Bill Powers (2007.11.27.1222 MST)

I have a new version, attached, with that correction and others --
though nothing is guaranteed yet.

I could not find your attached files, neither in your Economics Model nor in
Re: Price Theory. The volumes were 5KB and 4 KB.
Maybe it's my problem. I use Delphi 6.

bjorn

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I could not find your attached
files, neither in your Economics Model nor in

Re: Price Theory. The volumes were 5KB and 4 KB.

Maybe it’s my problem. I use Delphi 6.
[From Bill Powers (2007.11.27.1510 MST)]

Do a search of your computer for the file consumerUn.pas.

Best,

Bill P.

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[From Bjorn Simonsen (2007.11.29,10:55 EUST)]
from Bill Powers (2007.11.27.1339 MST)

I went through the model ConsumerUn.pas and made sure it at least
compiles when used as a Unit with a Delphi (or any other) Pascal
program. It doesn't run, but the errors have been taken care of.

I continue with my program. I started using the same names on the variables
as you, but now I choose my own names.

I tried to open your ConsumerUn.pas directly from your mail, but I failed.
Then I saved it on a file and opened it from there. That was OK.
Let me comment:
On your scalar variables you uses part of 1.0 per iteration. That's OK.

CHours //part of 1.0
  You say that full time is 1.0. What is 1.0, a year, as you proposed in
[From Bill Powers (2007.11.26.0330 MST)]?

On Goods you use number goods per hour and fraction/hour. Is that OK??

CBuyGoodRate //number of purchases of the i-th good per hour
  Later you say: CGood[good] :=(1 - CDeprecRate[good] * CGood[good] * dt ??
CDeprecRate //consumer's rate of depreciaton of goods on hand,
            fraction/hour ??

I am afraid the loops will interact and I think it is best using parts of $
and parts of Good per iteration all over. Am I wrong?

bjorn