Random Pull from Queues

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Scott M2 asked Sep 20, '18 Joshua S answered Sep 20, '18

Random Pull from Queues

09202018-random-pull.fsm

Hey all,

I want to pull in flow items into my Queue 4 in a completely random order. I want the Queue it comes from and the flow item inside said queue to be chosen at random when it is being pulled. I think that I can randomize the queue that I pull from by putting a "return duniform(1, current.inObjects.length, getstream(current));" line into the Pull Strategy code, but I don't know how to randomize flow item selection within that.

Thanks in advance,

Scott

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FlexSim 18.0.7

queue pull strategy random

09202018-random-pull.fsm (23.1 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2018-09-20T19:42:27Z

Joshua S answered Sep 20, '18 Abhishek K commented Sep 20, '18

Here's an example of a random pull. I assigned a label called Random to the created flow items. In the field section of the list I added a label called Random that would reference the flow items Random label. That label can then be queried where I order all the flow items based on their Random label.random-pull.fsm

random-pull.fsm (20.2 KiB)

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