Action Settings

In the Repairable Systems Simulation platform, select an action in the System Diagram to see its settings in the Configuration panel. You can change the Action Name setting to distinguish the action from others. By default, actions are completed immediately. Non-immediate completion time options are available in the Completion Time Options menu.

Figure 13.9 Action Settings 

The following options appear in the Completion Time Options list:

Immediate (default)

Specifies that no time passes between starting and completion behavior.

Constant

Specifies that the time lapse is always the specified Completion Time.

Choice

Specifies that the time lapse is randomly chosen from the specified list of comma-separated values.

Uniform

Specifies that the time lapse is randomly chosen from a uniform distribution with the specified Minimum and Maximum.

Triangle

Specifies that the time lapse is randomly chosen from a triangular distribution with the specified Minimum, Mode, and Maximum.

Normal

Specifies that the time lapse is randomly chosen from a normal distribution with the specified Mean and Standard Deviation.