Path Densities

This is a new results presentation feature that has been introduced in SIMUL8 Professional 2008.
It provides a visual interpretation of how work items (or products) have travelled through your simulation model.

How does this work?

The feature operates in two ways:
·"Flow volume – All" - this shows the volume of product flow across the whole model
·"Flow volume – Each output" - this shows the volume of product flow leaving individual objects

This option is enabled via the  "Show/Hide Route Arrows (Design Mode)" button drop-down.

To illustrate these options the small model below has been used. This is how the simulation looks before using the path densities feature.




Flow volume – All

The illustration below shows the model above at the end of the simulation run with the 'Flow Volume - All' feature selected.
With this feature you can set the width of the link arrows between the objects to convey the volume of product that has travelled between each object during the course of the simulation run.

The width of the link arrow is set as a proportion of the volume of product between two objects.The proportion is calculated by comparing the volume passing between two objects with the largest volume between any two objects with the model.The width of the link arrow between all objects is comparable with this setting.

This feature allows users to instantly identify the most frequent path being taken by work items in the model.This type of analysis can not only be used to verify the model routing logic but also to help with critical path and de-bottlenecking analysis.

Flow volume – Each output

With this feature setting the width of the link arrows are not comparable across objects.This is because the link arrow width is calculated for each object individually. The width for each output is set to that outputs volume as a proportion of total volume leaving the object.

This allows users to verify the routing out settings for each object in isolation. Upgrade to SIMUL8 2008 today to start taking advantage of path densities. For details on other features introduced in this new release see details below and the SIMUL8 2008 Feature Tour

If you have any questions about path densities email support@SIMUL8.com we're happy to help.

SIMUL8 2008 Released

Upgrade today for:

• 30% faster - SIMUL8 has always been fast but now it's even faster!
• Multidimensional Arrays – store your data in a more efficient way.
• Results Manager - centralized results and fully customizable reports.
• Better Resource Handling - Assign by matrix and new waiting for resource result.

See the 2008 Feature Tour for full details.