2026.03.07

This release implements a comprehensive structural update to the model, focusing on variable standardisation and empirical recalibration.

Technical Changes

• Variable Refactoring: Comprehensive renaming of variables across the model, documented in the new SimPaths_Variable_Codebook.xlsx.
• Module Updates: Substantive revisions to the Education, Health, Partnership, and Social Care modules.
• Re-estimation: Updated transition probabilities for all internal model processes.
• Alignment: Revised alignment options and updated target values.
• Java Maintenance: Partial cleanup of the source code and integration of new debugging tools.

Documentation & Repo

• Added a dedicated /documentation folder.
• Restructured the GitHub Wiki and reorganised the repository for better navigation.

2025.02.07 Development Version of SimPaths

For validating employment transition rates

2023.12.18

This version of SimPaths was used to undertake analysis for the paper "SimPaths: An open-source microsimulation model for life course analysis".

Note: SimPaths.exe is an executable version of the SimPaths model provided for training purposes. Last updated: June 2025.

2024.09.28

This version of simpaths was used to undertake analysis for the paper "The Life Course Effects of Care"

2024.06.12

This release describes the version of SimPaths used to conduct analysis for the WELLCARE project.