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+struct new_parameter{T<:Number,N} <: AbstractArray{T,N}
+    universe::GamsUniverse
+    domain::NTuple{N,Symbol}
+    data::Dict{NTuple{N,Any},T}
+    description::String
+    new_parameter(universe::GamsUniverse,domain::Tuple{Vararg{Symbol}},description::String) = new{Float64,length(domain)}(GU,domain,Dict{Any,Float64}(),description)
+end
+
+
+function Base.length(P::new_parameter)
+    return prod(length(P.universe[i]) for i∈P.domain)
+end
+
+function domain(P::new_parameter)
+    return P.domain
+end
+
+function dimension(M::new_parameter)
+    return length(domain(M))
+end
+
+function Base.size(P::new_parameter)
+    return Tuple(length(P.universe[i]) for i∈P.domain)
+end
+
+function Base.axes(P::new_parameter)
+    return Tuple([i for i∈P.universe[d]] for d∈domain(P))
+end
+
+#Base.CartesianIndices(P::new_parameter) = CartesianIndices(size(P))
+Base.eachindex(P::new_parameter) = CartesianIndices(size(P))
+
+#function Base.getindex(P::new_parameter{T,N},I::Vararg{Any,N}) where {T,N} 
+    
+#    get(P.data,I,zero(T))
+
+#end
+
+
+Base.setindex!(P::new_parameter{T,N}, value, I::Vararg{Any,N}) where {T,N} = (P.data[I] = value)
+
+
+
+
+function Base.summary(io::IO,P::new_parameter)
+    d = domain(P)
+    print(io,"Description: $(P.description)\nDomain: $(d)\n\n")
+    return 
+end
+
+
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", P::new_parameter)
+    summary(io,P)
+    #println(io,":")
+    if length(P.data) > 0
+        print(io,P.data)
+    end
+    return 
+end
+
+Base.show(io::IO, x::new_parameter) = show(convert(IOContext, io), x)
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