How could I model demand by exponential distribution ?

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Noucaiba S asked Sep 28, '22 Andrew O commented Oct 3, '22

How could I model demand by exponential distribution ?

Hello,

I would like to model demand by an exponential distribution. However, I don't know how to set the parameters scale and location in flexsim.

I would like to model in the source, that I have a waiting time of 30 days between each arrival. I would like to model this by the exponential distribution. Could anyone help me with that, please? Thank you !

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.2

source location exponential distribution scale

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 11:23 AM

Do you have a sample of interarrival times? You can put them into Expertfit and it will suggest parameters, based on variance and minimum inter-arrival time.

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Noucaiba S Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 11:37 AM

Unfortunately, I don't have this information. I only know that the inter-arrival time on average is 30 days ...

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Andrew O commented · Oct 03, 2022 at 05:15 PM

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Answer 1 · 2022-09-28T11:42:41Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Sep 28, '22

Here's the documentation for the exponential distribution.

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