Defining Start Simulation Properties

The PowerDesigner start is mapped to the SIMUL8 work entry point.

From the Simulation tab of the start property sheet, you can display the following SIMUL8 extended attributes:

Name

Internal code

Value

Description

Capital cost

FinanceCapitalCost

0

Capital cost. Financial results are displayed in the SIMUL8 Finance > Income Statement window

Capital cost by unit

FinanceCapitalCostByUnit

0

Capital cost by work unit

Time average

InterArrivalTimeAverage

10

Average time between two consecutive work items (in time units)

Time bound lower

InterArrivalTimeBoundLower

10

Lower bound for the uniform timing distribution type. Samples from a uniform distribution are equally spread between the lower bound and the upper bound

Time bound upper

InterArrivalTimeBoundUpper

11

Upper bound for the uniform timing distribution type. Samples from a uniform distribution are equally spread between the lower bound and the upper bound

Time distribution

InterArrivalTimeDistribution

Exponential

The start object can feed work by using different statistical distributions

Time standard deviation

InterArrivalTimeStandardDeviation

0

Standard deviation for the normal timing distribution type. For the average distribution type, this standard deviation value is set to: average value / 4

For more information on how to display the start property sheet, see Start Properties.


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com