Research Article

SAT: A Software for Assessing the Risk of Desertification in Spain

Table 2

Vensim commands implemented in SAT.

CommandFunction

MENU > XLS2VDFConverts the Excel format file to the ∗.vdf format file
MENU > RUNRuns the model using the current simulation setup
MENU > VDF2XLSConverts the Vensim dataset to an Excel v. 4.0 format file
SIMULATE > ADDDATAAdds a ∗.vdf file to the list of data files to be used in the simulation
SIMULATE > DATASets the data file(s) to be used in the simulation
SIMULATE > RUNNAMESets the name of the simulation run
SPECIAL > LOADMODELLoads the model