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DERIVN( {x} , {order} ) A trend extrapolating FORECAST

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DERIVN calculates the nth-order time derivative of x. "order"  should be a positive integer.

Units: DERIVN(units,dmnl) --> units/time

Example

u = sin(time) * cos(time)

u dx = DERIVN(u, 1)

 

Sample model: DERIVN.mdl in FunctionExamples