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Convergence: when should I stop the model?

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Hi everyone

I have been working on models that take several days to solve. One of them is running at the moment, and I just have a general question.

When I look at the Convergence Plot 2, which is "Reciprocal of step size" vs "Time step", I can see the reciprocal of step size is between 10^5 and 10^6. It has been like this for several hours, and the progress value is at 2% without increasing.

I need results for this simulation by the beginning of next week. When do you know if you should stop the simulation or let it run and solve this convergence difficulty eventually? If I stop it, and the model could have advanced and solved, then I'll lose several hours of solving. But if I don't stop it, it might be at 2% for more than a day.

What should I do? What are the general guidelines on convergence?

Thank you so much!
Sylvana

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