Geometric distribution

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Clair A asked Jan 27 2022 at 2:52 PM Patrick Zweekhorst commented Feb 02 2022 at 8:00 AM

Geometric distribution

Hi,

The geometric distribution is available in the command list:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/22.0/Reference/CodingInFlexSim/CommandReference/CommandGroups.html#geometric

But why is it not available in the distribution chooser ?

Same remark with the hypergeometric distribution: it's in the command list, but not in the distribution chooser.

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.0.1

statistical distribution geometric

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Answer 1 · 2022-01-27T16:43:55Z

Jordan Johnson answered Jan 27 2022 at 4:43 PM Patrick Zweekhorst commented Feb 02 2022 at 8:00 AM

It's not in the list because we haven't put it in the list. There are actually quite a few that aren't included. I counted 38 commands that take a stream argument (indicating that the return value requires randomness), with only 30 shown in that list.

If I had to guess at the reasons for excluding geometric and hypergeometric, I'd say it's because those distributions don't really generate time spans. Instead, they produce a number of attempts or successes. in some particular situation. So they only return integer values. It's hard for me to imagine how to use those in a time field.

Would you like to see the two distributions you mentioned added to the list?

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