*Fixer* and *MacFixer* Programs
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 3
   
   fixes/macfixer
   fixes/fixer
   
   
.. index::
   single: Fixing Programs for *InterDyme* Models
   single: Fixer and MacFixer
   

Fixes, as used here, are ways to make a model work the way we want it to work, not necessarily the way that emerges from its equations.  The power over a model that fixes provide certainly can be, and often has been, abused.  Nonetheless, they have a legitimate role to play.  Suppose, for example, we wish to consider the impacts of some event that the equations never dreamed of, like a natural disaster or a massive overhaul of the health care system.  A fix then is the natural way to convey to the model that the equations are not to be trusted entirely.
  
*Interdyme* has three types of fixes:

* those for macro variables
* those for vectors and matrices
* and a special type for industry output.