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