Modelling guide

How a model behaves, topic by topic: what each part of the model file means when it runs.

• Entities and attributes
• Expressions and variables
• Resources, sets and queue disciplines
• Schedules, failures and the WAIT rule
• Units and number fields
• Time units and transfer delays
• Dates and calendars
• Batching and matching
• Submodels
• Costing
• Continuous quantities: levels, flows and time-series inputs
• Layout, paths and vehicles
• Finite buffers and blocking after service
• Planning and scheduling
• Motion cycles: robots, people and mechanisms
• Batteries and charging
• Mobile cobots and machine tending
• Investment case

For what each block type does and its exact parameters, see the generated block reference.