The public version of this tool comes with a parameter file containing
the names, but not the actual parameters, of the common ISO commerical
casualty severity distributions. This is for obvious legal reasons. In place
of the actual parameters, all the curves in the public distribution are the same,
at a curve which would might approximate "Prems Ops 4".
Default Parameter File
The default parameter file is called public.prm. It must be located in the
installation directory.
The layout of the parameter file is as follows:
Item
Values
Notes
Distribution Type
MED = 1 Shifted Lognormal = 3
Pareto = 4
Five Parameter Pareto is not fully supported
Name
Upto 20 characters
Description
Upto 100 characters
Number of Parameters
Parameter Values
VB Code to Make a Parameter File
Your own parameters can be added to a parameter file
using VBA or VB Script code similar to the following.
Sub MakeParamFileWork()
'' name of parameter file
Dim g_param as String
g_param = "C:\Program Files\myParamFile.prm"
'' delete existing file:
If Dir(g_param) <> "" Then
Kill g_param
End If
Dim xx As New ParamFile
Dim i As Integer
xx.New g_param
i = 0
Do
'' assumes the Active sheet contains a list of Number, Name.
'' Description, Type, Number of Params
'' (Mean, Weight) Pairs
xx.Add Range("A4").Offset(i, 0).Value, _
Range("d4").Offset(i, 0).Value, _
Range("b4").Offset(i, 0).Value, _
Range("b4").Offset(i, 1).Value, _
Range(Range("f4").Offset(i, 0), _
Range("f4").Offset(i, Range("e4").Offset(i, 0).Value - 1)).Value
i = i + 1
Loop Until Range("A4").Offset(i, 0) = ""
xx.Close
Set xx = Nothing
End Sub
Built-In Curves and Parameters
Use Parameter File:
Individual Parameters
To see the parameters for a particular curve enter its number here and click go.
