Hi, @rahmat .

Parameter
I tried using this approach and it worked

Code (remark: PRD → t):

popini $ (Ord(PRD) = 1)
+ pop(PRD-1) $ (Ord(PRD) > 1)
+ growthFactor(PRD) * pop(PRD-1) $ (Ord(PRD) > 1)

where popini is your initial value.

Variable

Similar to parameter. You can create a constraint as shown below:

Code (remark: PRD → t):

vPop(PRD)
=
popini $ (Ord(PRD) = 1)
+ vPop(PRD-1) $ (Ord(PRD) > 1)
+ growthFactor(PRD) * vPop(PRD-1) $ (Ord(PRD) > 1)

where popini is your initial value.

Hope this helps!

Hello @mateusarakawa ,

Thank you very much for the advice given.

One more question, is there any difference between using "$" and "|" in writing formulas in parameters or variables?

Hi, @rahmat.

Great question. I wasn’t able to find exactly, for all cases, the difference between “$” and “|”.

I know they are similar when we are calculating or using functions, as mentioned in this page:
https://documentation.aimms.com/language-reference/sparse-execution/the-aimms-sparse-execution-engine/modifying-the-sparsity.html

In the documentation above “$” is a sparsity operator, but in some cases “$” means ONLYIF, like in the code that I worte in this topic. I know also that only “|” can be used to define domains.​

AIMMS compiler is evolving, maybe @mohansx or other aimmsian can help us finding the documentation that explains this difference.

Thank you very much...