Some questions
Posted: Tuesday 27 September, 2016 - 14:49
Hello,
I‘ve got a list of questions while I was creating a modell. I tried a lot, but nothing was successfull.
1. Is it possible to set an arrival distribution for the generators? In my case I have to implement an event which takes eight hours. From the beginning up to the middle of the event there should be an increasing arrival rate (arrivals of agents per time). Then it should decrease. The last two hours no agents should be generated. Next to this requirements I have a limit of the number of agents.
2. In my simulation agents can visit different places like at a market. Is there a way to implement it a bit more dynamically in contrast to the activity list of the activity routes, where agents strictly do the activities in order of the list? For example it should be possible that the agent visits between 1 to 5 places and then does another activity or not.
3. I miss an action timer which can trigger elements periodically:
Once I wanted to model a crosswalk with traffic lights (street as obstacle with hight = 0 and pedestrian crossing as a passageway). Do you have a recommended way with a queue to implement it? I tried it with an action timer and switching the availability of the passageway.
At the first point there are events which end at predefined times. So the agents in some commercial or waiting areas should be triggered every 30 minutes to leave the location. The events are open. So the agents don‘t need to start their activity at the same time.
4. I already wrote that in my model there are streets which are implemented as obstacles. Is it possible in the case of an evacuation to remove these obstacles, so that the agents could also use the street for routing?
Surely the way with obstacles isn‘t the best way. Is it possible to create a walking area which can be switched off and on and can be set with an avoidance factor? Sometimes people cross streets although there isn‘t a crosswalk.
Thank You!
I‘ve got a list of questions while I was creating a modell. I tried a lot, but nothing was successfull.
1. Is it possible to set an arrival distribution for the generators? In my case I have to implement an event which takes eight hours. From the beginning up to the middle of the event there should be an increasing arrival rate (arrivals of agents per time). Then it should decrease. The last two hours no agents should be generated. Next to this requirements I have a limit of the number of agents.
2. In my simulation agents can visit different places like at a market. Is there a way to implement it a bit more dynamically in contrast to the activity list of the activity routes, where agents strictly do the activities in order of the list? For example it should be possible that the agent visits between 1 to 5 places and then does another activity or not.
3. I miss an action timer which can trigger elements periodically:
Once I wanted to model a crosswalk with traffic lights (street as obstacle with hight = 0 and pedestrian crossing as a passageway). Do you have a recommended way with a queue to implement it? I tried it with an action timer and switching the availability of the passageway.
At the first point there are events which end at predefined times. So the agents in some commercial or waiting areas should be triggered every 30 minutes to leave the location. The events are open. So the agents don‘t need to start their activity at the same time.
4. I already wrote that in my model there are streets which are implemented as obstacles. Is it possible in the case of an evacuation to remove these obstacles, so that the agents could also use the street for routing?
Surely the way with obstacles isn‘t the best way. Is it possible to create a walking area which can be switched off and on and can be set with an avoidance factor? Sometimes people cross streets although there isn‘t a crosswalk.
Thank You!