• SimEvents Product Overview

• Related Products

  What Is an Entity?

• What Is an Event?

• Running a Demo Simulation

• Building a Simple Discrete-Event Model

• Exploring a Simulation Using the Debugger and Plots

• Building a Simple Hybrid Model

• Reviewing Key Concepts in SimEvents Software

• Role of Entities in SimEvents Models

• Specifying Intergeneration Times for Entities

• Role of Queues in SimEvents Models

• Role of Servers in SimEvents Models

• Using FIFO Queue and Single Server Blocks

• Role of Paths in SimEvents Models

• Output Switching to Select a Departure Path

• Input Switching to Select an Arrival Path

• Combining Entity Paths

• Example: A Packet Switch

• Generating Entities When Events Occur

• Specifying Generation Times for Entities

• Setting Attributes of Entities

• Manipulating Attributes of Entities

  Accessing Attributes of Entities

• Counting Entities

• Combining Entities and Allocating Resources

• Replicating Entities on Multiple Paths

  Attribute Value Support

• Supported Events in SimEvents Models

• Example: Event Calendar Usage for a Queue-Server Model

• Observing Events

• Generating Function-Call Events

• Manipulating Events

  Overview of Simultaneous Events

• Exploring Simultaneous Events

  Choosing an Approach for Simultaneous Events

• Assigning Event Priorities

• Example: Choices of Values for Event Priorities

• Example: Effects of Specifying Event Priorities

• Role of Event-Based Signals in SimEvents Models

• Generating Random Signals

• Using Data Sets to Create Event-Based Signals

• Converting Between Time-Based and Event-Based Signals

• Manipulating Signals

• Sending Data to the MATLAB Workspace

• Working with Multivalued Signals

  Example: LIFO Queue Waiting Time

• Sorting by Priority

• Preempting an Entity in a Server

  Determining Whether a Queue Is Nonempty

• Modeling Multiple Servers

• Modeling the Failure of a Server

• Output Switching Based on a Signal

  Example: Cascaded Switches with Skewed Distribution

  Example: Compound Switching Logic

  Example: Choosing the Shortest Queue

• Role of Gates in SimEvents Models

• Keeping a Gate Open Over a Time Interval

• Opening a Gate Instantaneously

• Adding Gating Logic Using Combinations of Gates

  Role of Timeouts in SimEvents Models

  Basic Example Using Timeouts

• Basic Procedure for Using Timeouts

• Defining Entity Paths on Which Timeouts Apply

• Handling Entities That Time Out

  Example: Limiting the Time Until Service Completion

  Choice of Modeling Constructs for Computations

• Performing Computations in Atomic Subsystems

• Suppressing Computations By Filtering Out Events

• Performing Computations in Function-Call Subsystems

  Blocks Inside Subsystems with Event-Based Input Signals

• Performing Computations Without Using Subsystems

  Example: Computation With and Without Atomic Subsystem

• Choosing and Configuring Plotting Blocks

• Working with Scope Plots

  Using Plots for Troubleshooting

  Example: Plotting Entity Departures to Verify Timing

  Example: Plotting Event Counts to Check for Simultaneity

  Statistics for Data Analysis

  Statistics for Run-Time Control

  Statistical Tools for Discrete-Event Simulation

  Accessing Statistics from SimEvents Blocks

• Deriving Custom Statistics

• Measuring Point-to-Point Delays

• Varying Simulation Results by Managing Seeds

• Regulating the Simulation Length

  Role of Stateflow Charts in SimEvents Models

  Guidelines for Using Stateflow and SimEvents Blocks

• Examples Using Stateflow Charts and SimEvents Blocks

  Overview of Debugging Resources

  Overview of the SimEvents Debugger

  Starting the SimEvents Debugger

• The Debugger Environment

• Independent Operations and Consequences in the Debugger

• Stopping the Debugger

• Stepping Through the Simulation

• Inspecting the Current Point in the Debugger

• Inspecting Entities, Blocks, and Events

• Working with Debugging Information in Variables

• Viewing the Event Calendar

• Customizing the Debugger Simulation Log

• Debugger Efficiency Tips

• Defining a Breakpoint

• Using Breakpoints During Debugging

  Block Operations Relevant for Block Breakpoints

• Animating

• Common Problems in SimEvents Models

  Recognizing Latency in Signal Updates

• Execution of Blocks Having Event-Based Input Signals

• Event Sequencing

  Choosing How to Resolve Simultaneous Signal Updates

• Resolution Sequence for Input Signals

• Livelock Prevention

  Signal-Based Event Cycle Prevention

• Notifications and Queries Among Blocks

• Notifying, Monitoring, and Reactive Ports

• Interleaving of Block Operations

• Update Sequence for Output Signals

• SimEvents Support for Simulink Subsystems

• Storage and Nonstorage Blocks

• Blocks That Support Event-Based Input Signals

• Introduction

  Using seupdate

• After You Convert

• Model Behavior Changes

• Migration Limitations

• SimEvents Pane

• SimEvents Diagnostics Pane