Creates a specified number of tokens

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CSN asked Jul 16, '21 Jeanette F edited Aug 16, '21

Creates a specified number of tokens

Creates a specified number of tokens over a period of time using the distribution:

For example, during 14 days, each hour arrives different numbers of tokens in an exponential distribution.

How can I implement this logic ?

I have tried to use the Date Time Source ,but the tokens arrived in the first 7 minutes among an hour.

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FlexSim 21.0.6

source create

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Joerg Vogel commented · Jul 16, 2021 at 11:58 AM

Don’t you think that is an exclusion for a statistical distribution! A distinct number in an hour and randomly distributed. For example a exponential distribution creates 7 items in about 4 Minutes. Then you say that no other items are allowed to be created in the rest 56 Minutes. There is a possibility that a exponential distribution returns such a sample. But there is probably a higher chance that after 7 items after 4 minutes that more items are created in the next 56 Minutes.

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Jeanette F ♦♦ commented · Aug 16, 2021 at 01:33 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-08-04T22:02:37Z

Jordan Johnson answered Aug 4, '21

You can always build a source from other process flow activities. See this model:

TableSourceDemo.fsm

This process flow creates one token for each row in a global table, one at a time. In this example, each row in the table determines the average number of arrivals in that hour. The process flow uses that information to generate tokens using an exponential distribution. Those tokens end up on the activity called "Source Target".

I don't know if this model will do exactly what you want. However, it may give you some ideas on how to build a source that does do exactly what you want.

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