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Setting speeds and virtual distances.

I am looking at modeling the amublance moving patients between hospitals and woud like to look at the distances the ambulance travels depending on what route it takes.

I have two network nodes that have a virtual distance of 2000. I am assuming that this represents 2000m. When I look in the tree I see that the ambulance has a variable listed as "maxspeed" with a value of 60. Does this mean the ambulance moves at a speed of 60 meters/min?

When I increased that speed to 1000 meters/min (60km/hour), the ambulance still moves at the same rate.

Does the ambulance match the patients speed and how would I change it for a given network span so that It simulates the ambulance driving down a road?

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Matthew Gillespie answered Cliff King commented

So in a Transport Patient activity the staff member will limit her speed to match the speed of the transport and/or the patient. So basically you need to set the speed of all three (staff, ambulance, and patient). You could do this in the activity start trigger of the Transport Patient activity.

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Sean A avatar image Sean A commented ·

Thanks Matthew.

If I increased their speed to a ridiculous amount but put speed limits along all sections of my network nodes, would this have the same effect as using a trigger?

Sean

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Matthew Gillespie avatar image Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ Sean A commented ·

That should probably work. I would prefer to use a less drastic method though, that's why I would try using triggers on the transport activity. That way you're adjusting the speed of the patient and staff right before and after the ambulance needs to move and then the rest of your model should not be affected.

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Christopher Morgan avatar image Christopher Morgan Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ commented ·

Hate to revive an old post, but i'm actually encountering a similar issue. How exactly would you make this as a trigger? I don't see speed as an available label to set as a trigger. @Matthew Gillespie

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