How to select the shortest waiting line

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Patrick Zweekhorst asked Apr 5, '19 Matthew Gillespie answered Apr 5, '19

How to select the shortest waiting line

Hi,

When patients arrive at the entrance of my model it is possible that both registration desks are occupied. In that case they should wait in the waiting line. Is there an easy dropdown option to select the shortest waiting line or something in the wait in line activity? Or do I need to add some code to check which waiting line to select?

Thanks for your help,

Note that I was building the model in 19.1 Beta

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FlexSim (other - please specify)

Software Version:

FlexSim (other)

people module waiting line

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Answer 1 · 2019-04-05T17:18:15Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Apr 5, '19

I would just use the Conditional Object pickoption and compare the content of the lines.

content(Model.find("WaitingLine1"))  <=  content(Model.find("WaitingLine2"))

If new people arrive before the person in front of them gets in line then they'll end up going to the same line, but if the arrival rate is that high then it's not really a huge issue.

shortestline.fsm

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shortestline.fsm (29.6 KiB)

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