SimEvents explained

SimEvents is a discrete event simulation tool developed by MathWorks. It adds a library of graphical building blocks for modeling queuing systems to the Simulink environment. It also adds an event-based simulation engine to the time-based simulation engine in Simulink ^[2]

Capabilities

SimEvents provides a graphical drag-and-drop interface for building a discrete-event model.^[3]

It provides libraries of entity generators, random number generators, queues, servers, graphical displays and statistics reporting blocks.^[4]

Integration with MATLAB allows customization of the process flow in a SimEvents model. A MATLAB function can be developed to represent a task-scheduling sequence, routing of parts, or production recipes in a process flow. Since the two programs are within the same tools environment, it is straightforward to generate custom random distributions of input tasks, optimize a process, as well as to generate custom statistics.^[5]

SimEvents and Simulink can be used in the same simulation model to simulate hybrid or multi-domain systems that have both time-based and event-based components.^[6]

See also

• Discrete event simulation
• List of discrete event simulation software

Notes and References

1. http://www.mathworks.com/products/simevents/requirements.html?s_cid=wiki_simevents_1 MathWorks - SimEvents - Requirements
2. Web site: Introduction to Discrete-Event Simulation . Cassandras. Christos . Springer US . 2007-11-27 . https://archive.today/20130202230246/http://www.springerlink.com/content/g82w56/?v=editorial. dead. 2013-02-02. 2009-11-03.
3. Discrete Event Simulation: A review of SimEvents . Computing in Science & Engineering. 9. 6. 62–66. Gray. Michael. Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 62-66. 2007-11-01 . 10.1109/MCSE.2007.112. 2007CSE.....9f..62G.
4. Discrete Event Simulation: A review of SimEvents . Computing in Science & Engineering. 9. 6. 62–66. Gray. Michael. Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 62-66. 2007-11-01 . 10.1109/MCSE.2007.112. 2007CSE.....9f..62G.
5. Discrete Event Simulation: A review of SimEvents . Computing in Science & Engineering. 9. 6. 62–66. Gray. Michael. Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 62-66. 2007-11-01 . 10.1109/MCSE.2007.112. 2007CSE.....9f..62G.
6. Web site: Hybrid system simulation with SimEvents. Cassandras. Christos. Second IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, 2006. 2006-06-07. 2009-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20110415164623/http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/Detailed/30170.html. 2011-04-15. dead.