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WHAT TYPE AGV PROCESS FLOW TEMPLATES WILL I USE?

Hello! Im a newbie I would like to ask help if im going to simulate ferry simulation. There are 11 stations and every stations the avg(ferry) pick up and unload passengers. what type of AVG process template will I use? can you give me some example work? thank you!

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Jason Lightfoot answered Jeanette F commented

You should read the documentation on the templates for which I've summarised functionality in this table:

Features BasicAGV AGV with Work Forwarding AGV with Basic Parking AGV with Heuristic Parking Advanced AGV
Look for work loop X X X X X
AGV work list X X X X X
Work Forwarding
X X X X
Park at work point

X X X
Load multiple items

X X X
Battery Tracking


X X
Park locations


X X
Pickup locations



X
Dropoff Locations



X
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Hello! do you have some example work about my scenario problem? for my basis thank you
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Jason Lightfoot avatar image Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ NEEDHELP commented ·

No, I've used network nodes and lists before for ferry modelling. You may be able to use the GIS instead.

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NEEDHELP avatar image NEEDHELP Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented ·

Can I ask if I use GIS it is applicable to have queuing per stations?

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NEEDHELP avatar image NEEDHELP commented ·
I also add if I optimize the scheduling of the ferry system what will I use?
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Jason Lightfoot avatar image Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ NEEDHELP commented ·
FlexSim has an optional optimizer called OptQuest. You can also try using AI/Reinforcement Learning. The key things you'll need to identify are the parameters that can be changed by the optimizer and the goal/reward function by which trials will be evaluated.
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