Inventory & Demand for a GDP forecast
Built for hobbyists & makers exploring it for fun. Play with real physics and math, no license and no setup — just open and tinker. Simulate a GDP forecast live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
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Order too often and ordering costs pile up; order too much and holding costs balloon. The Economic Order Quantity, EOQ = √(2DS/H), is the order size that minimizes their sum. At the optimum the ordering and holding costs are exactly equal — the crossing point of the two curves. The foundation of inventory management.
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Governing equation
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Geometric Brownian motion models a price with constant drift and random volatility — the assumption behind Black-Scholes. Running hundreds of simulated paths reveals the full distribution of outcomes, not just an average. Educational tool, not investment advice.
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Governing equation
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- Is this good for hobbyists & makers?
- Yes — this version of "Inventory & Demand for a GDP forecast" is framed for hobbyists & makers exploring it for fun. Play with real physics and math, no license and no setup — just open and tinker.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. It runs in any modern browser, free, with no account required.