Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Working with Entities

• Working with Events

• Managing Simultaneous Events

• Working with Signals

• Modeling Queues and Servers

• Routing Techniques

• Using Logic

• Regulating Arrivals Using Gates

• Forcing Departures Using Timeouts

• Controlling Timing with Subsystems

• Plotting Data

• Using Statistics

• Using Stateflow Charts in SimEvents Models

• Debugging Discrete-Event Simulations

• Running Discrete-Event Simulations Programmatically

• Learning More About SimEvents Software

• Event Sequencing

Processing Sequence for Simultaneous Events

Role of the Event Calendar

For Further Information

Choosing How to Resolve Simultaneous Signal Updates

• Resolution Sequence for Input Signals

Detection of Signal Updates

Effect of Simultaneous Operations

Resolving the Set of Operations

Specifying Event Priorities to Resolve Simultaneous Signal Updates

Resolving Simultaneous Signal Updates Without Specifying Event Priorities

For Further Information

• Livelock Prevention

Permitting Large Finite Numbers of Simultaneous Events

• Notifications and Queries Among Blocks

Overview of Notifications and Queries

Querying Whether a Subsequent Block Can Accept an Entity

Notifying Blocks About Status Changes

• Notifying, Monitoring, and Reactive Ports

Overview of Signal Input Ports of SimEvents Blocks

Notifying Ports

Monitoring Ports

• Interleaving of Block Operations

Overview of Interleaving of Block Operations

How Interleaving of Block Operations Occurs

Example: Sequence of Departures and Statistical Updates

• Zero-Duration Values and Time-Based Blocks

Techniques for Working with Multivalued Signals

Example: Using a #n Signal as a Trigger

• Update Sequence for Output Signals

Determining the Update Sequence

Example: Detecting Changes in the Last-Updated Signal

• Storage and Nonstorage Blocks

Nonstorage Blocks

• Configuration Parameters

• Release Notes

Learn more about SimEvents

Learning More About SimEvents Software

Complementing the information in How Simulink Works and Simulating Dynamic Systems in the Simulink documentation, this section describes some aspects that are different for models that involve event-based processing.

Limitations of Rapid Simulation for Discrete-Event Simulations

Limitations of Rapid Simulation for Discrete-Event Simulations

Event Sequencing

Event Sequencing

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