Oracle simulation software

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This interval is specified in months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. If selected, simulation ends only when the specified number of instances completes. If unselected, simulation stops after the simulation duration is completed. The Project page contains a table that lists all of the processes within the current project.

For each process, you can select which simulation model you want to use. Also, you must specify which processes to include in the simulation. Table Project Parameters for Simulation Definitions. For each process, lists the model specified in Section After you specified the parameters in the Project page, select the Resources tab.

All processes included in the simulation share these resources. The cost of each resource is defined per hour. Add Resource : adds a resource to the simulation definition. Delete Resource : deletes the selected resource from the simulation definition. Figure Simulation Definitions Resources Page. You can pause, stop, or run a simulation to the end.

If you stop the simulation, you must restart it from the beginning. To run a simulation, you must have created simulation models and at least one simulation definition.

From the Simulation list, select the simulation definition you want to run. The animation of the simulation appears in the project editor, and the results appear according to your specifications in the Simulation page. The simulation view enables you to configure and run a simulation. Figure shows a simulation view. Figure Example of a Simulations Page.

Start, stop, and pause the simulation, or run it to the end by clicking the appropriate button. If you choose to run the simulation to the end, the simulation runs in the background with no animation making the simulation faster.

Select the speed at which to run the simulation from the Speed list. In normal speed, instances are created at rate of one per second. You can display simulation results either as a chart or as a log file by clicking either the Chart tab or the Log tab in the Simulations window.

The Log tab displays a log that tracks the movements of all the instances in the simulated process. Each line in the log contains the following information:. The Chart tab enables you to select a type of chart to display the result of the simulation. You can configure this chart to display the resources to monitor. You can also select the units the chart uses to measure the resources use.

In the Chart tab you can configure how to display the chart with the results of the simulation by configuring the following:. Figure Simulations Chart Page. Click the Configure icon located on the right hand side of the Charts tab. From the list below the Show list, select the activities or resources to monitor in the simulation. Optionally, click the drill up and drill down icons located next to the Types list to increase or reduce the level of detail in the chart.

For more information on how to run a simulation, see Section In the Directory Location field, enter a directory to store the report or click the button next to it to browse the file system and select a directory. You can individually select which indicators to display in the report, or select a type of indicator to display all the indicators of that type.

Oracle BPM Studio creates a directory using the name and location you selected. This directory contains an HMTL file for each of the processes in the simulation. You can view the CSV files with the simulation data and resources data in a spreadsheet application. This chapter includes the following sections: Section Using the simulation capabilities of Oracle BPM, you can: Define multiple models for a given process so that different conditions can be analyzed Run multiprocess simulations to learn how working in different business processes can affect resources To define a simulation you must create and configure the following elements in your BPM Project: Simulation model Enables you to define the behavior for an individual process model.

Simulation definition Enables you to define the processes and resources that define a simulation scenario. However, simulations mimic the behavior of an activity using the following simulation variables that you can define using the Simulation Editor: duration resources cost queue information probability of the instance passing through a sequence flow. Select New Simulation Model. The Create Simulation Model dialog box appears. Select a process. Enter a name for the simulation model.

Click OK. Specify the number of instances to create during the simulation: Select Specify number of process instances to be created. Specify the number of instances to create during the simulation. Note: The process simulation runs until the completes the specified duration or reaches the maximum number of instances. Table Options in the Simulation Model Flow Nodes Duration Page Option Description Constant Specifies that the simulation model uses the value specifies in the Period property to calculate the completion time for all the activities in the process.

Uniform Determines the period required to complete an activity consistently, taking into account the variation specified in the delta property.

When you select this option, you are prompted to specify each of the following: Mean: Determines the mean time it takes to complete an activity Delta: Defines the upper and lower limit variation of the mean parameter when determining how long it takes to complete a simulated activity Exponential Determines how long it takes to complete a simulated activity by specifying how many instances are completed within a specific period.

When you select this option, you are prompted to specify: Average Frequency: Determines the number of average instances processed within the interval defined by the Every property Every: Defines the interval used for exponential distribution Normal Uses the Gauss Bell distribution to determine how long a simulated activity takes to complete.

When you select this option, you are prompted to specify: Mean: The mean period required to perform an activity Standard Deviation: The standard deviation of the mean period required to perform an activity Real Enables you to specify the amount of time required to complete a simulated activity for a specific time interval.