Is it possible to divide a resource from a resource pool into different percentages?

Suppose there is a resource pool "trucks" which transports different materials to another location. While transporting, I want to fill a truck with 20% a, 30% b and 50 % c. The truck will transport the materials, get empty and then become available again.

Answer 1

[Pramil]

Hello Prashant,

Since your resource is the "trucks", you can define an "Entity Generator" block that mimics the loading behaviour for the "truck".

Here is how you can achieve this:

• Add an "Resource Pool" block namely "truck" along with an "Entity Generator" block and open it's dialog box.
• Set the "Generation method" to "Time-based" and set a "Period", time required to load the "truck".
• Navigate to "Entity type" and create attributes for each material "a","b" and "c" with initial value set to "0". Add an additional attribute say "plate" to identify different "trucks".
• Navigate to "Event actions", under "Generation action" and add the following code:

persistent number_plate
if isempty(number_plate)
    number_plate = 1;
end

entity.Plate = number_plate;
entity.a = 20; % modify the quatity as per requirement ...
entity.b = 30; % as well as you can add any logic or create an array for different timestep ...
entity.c = 50; % where index could be number_plate having different composition of materials.

number_plate = number_plate + 1;

• Add other blocks like "Resource Acquirer", "Entity Server" etc as per your modelling requirements.
• At last unload the "truck" using an "Entity Terminator" block.

I have attached an example model that I have created for your reference.

[Prashant Kashyap]

Thanks for your reply @Pramil, I will check it out.