GET TIME VALUE - Looking for an alternative applicable to Vensim PLE

[Rodrigwa]

Hello all,

I am a student using Vensim PLE for an assignment in college.

I found in the GET TIME VALUE function the way to manage some factors in my simulation, however, the PLE academic version I have will not support it.

Can you recommend an equivalent function that PLE will support?

Best regards, sincerely,

Waldo Rodriguez

[Administrator]

It might be better if you explain what you are trying to do rather than ask for an alternative. There is no alternative to GET TIME VALUE in PLE.

[Rodrigwa]

Thanks for the prompt reply Tony.

I want to simulate the incoming flow of customers into a fast food business.

I intended to use the time of the day and the day of the week as the X's in lookup functions to return the customers whom would order on the counter.

I thought about this function as I could zero the non business hours during the period of the simulation (I am intending to simulate a full week).

The number of customers then would drive a random demand on the counter.

Hope this helps clarify the intended use of the function.

Looking forward to your comments.

Waldo

[Rodrigwa]

Hello all,

I am a student using Vensim PLE for an assignment in college.

I found in the GET TIME VALUE function the way to manage some factors in my simulation, however, the PLE academic version I have will not support it, so I am seeking some advice as to alternative ways to model the following in the PLE version:

I want to simulate the incoming flow of customers into a fast food business.

I intended to use the time of the day and the day of the week as the X's in lookup functions to return the customers whom would order on the counter. I thought about this function as I could zero the non-business hours during the period of the simulation (I am intending to simulate a full week).

The number of customers then would drive a random demand on the counter.

Hope this helps clarify the intended use of the function.

The following are the inputs and outputs that I would like to model:

Time of the day Traffic multiplier
0 0.00
1 0.00
2 0.00
3 0.00
4 0.00
5 0.00
6 0.00
7 0.00
8 0.00
9 0.00
10 0.00
11 0.00
12 0.75
13 1.50
14 1.50
15 1.50
16 0.75
17 0.30
18 0.30
19 2.25
20 2.25
21 2.25
22 1.00
23 0.00

Day of the week Drivers with intention to buy
0 0.05
1 0.05
2 0.05
3 0.05
4 0.05
5 0.075
6 0.075


Thanks a lot for your help, sincerely

Waldo

[Administrator]

GET TIME VALUE is not the function you need.

What time units are you using? If using hour, you can work out the hour of day using

HOUR OF DAY = MODULO ( time , 24 )

[Rodrigwa]

Great!!!

That took care of the need.

Best regards,

Waldo