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Contour Plots Overview

STRATEGY for Windows provides a rich set of tools for displaying the results of your work.

Normally you will perform a GridSearch to find the answer, and create the contour plots to show what that answer is. Remember, the entire purpose of GridSearch is to help you find that needle in the haystack. If you create a lot of graphs before you have a good idea of what you are looking for, you may just have created another haystack.

Note that you cannot create contour plots until you have successfully run a regression. You must have the regression.

Creating Contour Plot Arrays Describing the response surfaces that will display the answer you have found.

Axes Tab

Slices Tab

Levels Tab

Special Tab

Files Tab

Viewing Contour Plots -- Looking at and manipulating the response surfaces to show the answer in the clearest possible perspective.

Presenting the Answer Simple suggestions for getting the most out of your work.