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ØClick on the variable planning, you will see its initial value (4.166), press Enter to leave without changing the value.
ØDouble click on the Amount to Move editing box on the Game Toolbar and type in 5.
ØClick on the Move Forward button chap11_moveforwardbutton

Behavior is in equilibrium; we do not need to change any parameters because the gap in houses is currently zero (exactly on the middle gridline).

 

ØClick on Move Forward once more, you will see the step upwards in the gap in houses.
ØClick on planning on the sketch, type a value of 18, then press Enter.
ØClick on Move Forward two more times.

See how gap in houses reduces, while Houses Completed takes an upturn.  We have almost closed the gap to zero.  We had better stop building so many houses.

 

ØClick on planning on the sketch, type in 0, then press Enter.
ØClick on Move Forward.

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Wow!  We have overshot the mark; our goal (gap in houses) is now negative (below the middle gridline).  Since we cannot plan negative houses, we had better plan zero houses for a while.

 

ØClick on Move Forward until the gap in houses is positive (just above zero at about Time = 50).

Now we should start building again so that we don't get a positive gap in houses (where more houses are required).  We can anticipate this somewhat by building a little before gap in houses is positive.