Title: Software Review: The Planners Lab™ modelling and visualisation system

Authors: James F. Courtney

Addresses: University of Central Florida, FL, USA

Abstract: The Planners Lab (PL) is a modelling and visualisation application written and distributed by GRW Studios, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska. It is designed primarily for financial planning applications, but may be used for other simulation modelling as well. It operates as both a desktop application under Microsoft Windows and as a web product. It was released in 2006. It is available for no cost for academic use. A review of the product is given.

Keywords: software review; Planners Lab; modelling; visualisation; financial planning; simulation; forecasting; sensitivity analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2008.017955

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 2008 Vol.1 No.1, pp.125 - 130

Published online: 24 Apr 2008 *

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