VBASim in MATLAB

This is README.TXT Oct.01.2012


README for "VBASim in MATLAB" package
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"VBASim in MATLAB" is a MATLAB version of orginal VBASim in VBA. The 
orignal VBA code can be found on Barry Nelson's homepage

http://users.iems.northwestern.edu/~nelsonb/

VBASim in MATLAB is a collection of MATLAB Scripts, Functions and Class M-files that
aid in developing discrete-event simulations. They are entirely open
source and can be modified to suit the user. The random-number and
random-variate generation routines are MATLAB translations of the
corresponding routines in simlib (Law 2007) which is written in
\texttt{C}.\index{Law, A. M.}\index{simlib} VBASim is designed to be
easy to understand and use, but not necessarily efficient.

The package contains the following files/folder:

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Examples
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Asian			Simulate Asian option example
FaxCenter		Fax center case study
MG1			M/G/1 using event-based simulation
MGLindley		M/G/1 using Lindley's formular
MtMInifinty		Simulating M(t)/M/inf queue
SAN			Discrete-event Simulation of the SAN
SANMax			Maximum Path Simulation of the SAN
TTF			Simulating time-to-failure examples

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Core Files
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Class Definitions
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Activity.m		Activity class definition
CTStat.m		Continuous time statistic definition
DTStat.m		Discrete time statistic definition
Entity.m		Entity class definition
EventCalendar.m		EventCalendar class definition
EventNotice.m		EventNotice class defintion
FIFOQueue.m		FIFOQueue class definition
MyGVar.m		MyGVar class definition
			Stores VBASim global variables as its properities
Resource.m		Resource class definition

Task related functions
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ClearStats.m		Clear VBASim statistics
Report.m		Write results to text files
Schedule.m		Schedule a future event
Scheduleplus.m		Schedule a future event and pass the object property along with the event
VBASimInit.m		Intialize VBASim event related variables

Random number generator related functions
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Erlang.m		Generate a pseudo random number with erlang distribution
Expon.m			Generate a pseudo random number with exponential distribution	
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InitializeRNSeed.m	Intialize random number generator
lcgrand.m		Generate a pseudo random number between 0 and 1
	NOTE: To produce the same result as in the book, use the commented version of InitializeRNSeed
	and lcgrand
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Lognormal.m		Generate a pseudo random number with lognormal distribution
Normal.m		Generate a pseudo random number with normal distribution		
Random_integer.m	Generate a pseudo random integer between a and b
Triangular.m		Generate a pseudo random number with triangular distribution
Uniform.m		Generate a pseudo random number with uniform distribution
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Installation
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To execute VBASim related functions/classes, VBASim core files need to be placed 
under a MATLAB path folder (e.g. \toolbox\ folder) or the same folder with the 
user defined functions/scripts