Hello,
Where could I find the explication of the exponential distribution components "exponential(0.0, 10.0, getstream(activity))" (what does 0.0; 10.0 and getstream(activity) mean) in the user manual of Flexsim?
Regards.
Hi @sara S2,
FlexSim's command reference shows the parameter definitions for all FlexScript commands. Here is a direct link to the statistics command group, where you can then dive in and examine the specifics for the exponential() and other distribution commands:
From the documentation:
exponential (num location, num scale [, num stream])
Returns a random sample from an exponential distribution
Description
exponential( γ, β, stream) is a non-negative continuous probability distribution.
Inputs:
γ is the location parameter ∈ ( - ∞, ∞ )
β is the scale parameter ( 0, ∞ )
stream is a reference to one of FlexSim's random number streams {0,1,2,...}
For a deeper understanding of the location and scale parameters, you may wish to do further research into the realm of statistics:
- Location parameter (Wikipedia)
- Scale parameter (Wikipedia)
- Exponential distribution (Wikipedia)
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