Author Archives: Samuel M

Hello friends! I’m happy to announce that RUBICS version ONE is finished! For those of you who have been following my personal journey, this does in-fact mean that my Masters Dissertation is complete, where I used RUBICS to undertake a CBA of the proposal to raise Warragamba Dam to mitigate against flooding in Western Sydney.Continue reading “RUBICS v1.0.0 “Star” has arrived”

I often now compare programming to the game of jenga, where trying move one block inevitably ends up pushing another block off the tower! This small update fixes a bungle on my part with the triangular distribution I made when I tried to fix another bug. When the dentist took my wisdom teeth out lastContinue reading “Hotfix for v0.2.1”

It’s been a big journey getting RUBICS to this point, but I’m happy to announce that ver 0.2 is finally here! This update contains a few bug fixes but also a few exiting features: Some other exciting news – I’m going to be presenting RUBICS at the Economics Society of Australia CBA forum in AugustContinue reading “RUBICS v0.2.0 finally here”

Thrilled to announce that RUBICS v0.1.1 is out in the wild with several bug fixes and some very important new features including: I go through all of these developments and show them off in the #2 Development Diary, which has been uploaded to Youtube. Version 0.1.1 is now available to download from GitHub and asContinue reading “RUBICS v0.1.1 released!”

After getting some initial feedback regarding the release of the RUBICS BETA code from interested economists, it has become apparent that some of those who are interested in trying the program for themselves may not have the background necessary to run it from python script. Therefore, I have compiled the code into an executable (.exe)Continue reading “RUBICS v0.1.0 .exe available to download”

This week RUBICS v.01.0 BETA debuted, what an incredible milestone! I can’t tell you how relieved I feel to be able to say that I’ve come this far. This is by far one of the most rewarding projects I’ve worked on so far. For those of you who have reached out and offered support orContinue reading “Hello World: RUBICS debuts to version 0.1.0!”