.. TIMES - The Integrated MARKAL-EFOM System documentation master file, created by sphinx-quickstart on Fri Jun 16 10:59:54 2023. You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. Welcome to the documentation of TIMES - The Integrated MARKAL-EFOM System ===================================================================== This documentation is composed of four Parts. :doc:`Part I ` provides a general description of the TIMES paradigm, with emphasis on the model's general structure and its economic significance. Part I also includes a simplified mathematical formulation of TIMES, a chapter comparing it to the MARKAL model, pointing to similarities and differences, and chapters describing new model options. [**Author**: Richard Loulou; **Co-authors**: Gary Goldstein, Amit Kanudia, and Uwe Remme; **Reviewers**: Evelyn Wright, George Giannakidis, and Ken Noble] :doc:`Part II ` constitutes a comprehensive reference manual intended for the technically minded modeler or programmer looking for an in-depth understanding of the complete model details, in particular the relationship between the input data and the model mathematics, or contemplating making changes to the model's equations. Part II includes a full description of the sets, attributes, variables, and equations of the TIMES model. [**Authors**: Richard Loulou, Antti Lehtilä, Amit Kanudia, Uwe Remme, and Gary Goldstein] :doc:`Part III ` describes the organization of the TIMES modeling environment and the GAMS control statements required to run the TIMES model. GAMS is a modeling language that translates a TIMES database into the Linear Programming matrix, and then submits this LP to an optimizer and generates the result files. Part III describes how the routines comprising the TIMES source code guide the model through compilation, execution, solve, and reporting; the files produced by the run process and their use; and the various switches that control the execution of the TIMES code according to the model instance, formulation options, and run options selected by the user. It also includes a section on identifying and resolving errors that may occur during the run process. [**Authors**: Gary Goldstein, Amit Kanudia, Antti Lehtilä, Uwe Remme, and Evelyn Wright] :doc:`Part IV ` provides a step-by-step introduction to building a TIMES model in the VEDA2.0 user interface for model management and results analysis. It first offers an orientation to the basic features of VEDA2.0, including software layout, data files and tables, and model management features, both for handling the input and examining the results. It then describes in detail twelve Demo models (available for download from the ETSAP website) that progressively introduce VEDA-TIMES principles and modeling techniques. [**Authors**: Gary Goldstein, Maurizio Gargiulo, and Amit Kanudia] This documentation was migrated to **Read the Docs** from the original PDF version to improve accessibility, searchability, and version control. The migration was performed by `Olexandr Balyk `_ and `ESMIA Consultants `_. The original version of the Documentation can be found in an `ETSAP repository on GitHub `_. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 :titlesonly: :hidden: part-1/index part-2/index part-3/index part-4/index Indices and tables ================== * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search`