GPSS World Reference Manual
Table of Contents
Preface xvii
Product Description
About This Manual
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1. Highlights
1.2. GPSS World Concepts
1.3. Architecture
1.4. The Modeling Language
1.5. Compatibility
Chapter 2 - Operating GPSS World
2.1. Installation
2.2. The GPSS World Environment
2.3. Controlling
a Session
Chapter 3 - Model Statements
3.1. Using Model Statements
3.2. GPSS Statements
3.3. Fields
3.4. Expressions
3.5. Names
3.6. Numbers
3.7. Using Strings
Chapter 4 - GPSS Entities
4.1. Transaction Entities
4.2. Block Entities
4.3. Facility Entities
4.4. Function Entities
4.5. Logicswitch Entities
4.6. Matrix Entities
4.7. Queue Entities
4.8. Storage Entities
4.9. Savevalue Entities
4.10. Table Entities
4.11. Userchain Entities
4.12. Variable Entities
4.13. Numeric Group Entities
4.14. Transaction Group Entities
4.15. Random Number Generators
4.16. Data Streams
4.17. Continuous Simulation
Chapter 5 - GPSS World Windows
Chapter 6 - Commands
BVARIABLE
CLEAR
CONTINUE
EQU
EXIT
FUNCTION
FVARIABLE
HALT
INCLUDE
INITIAL
INTEGRATE
MATRIX
QTABLE
REPORT
RESET
RMULT
SHOW
START
STEP
STOP
STORAGE
TABLE
VARIABLE
Chapter 7 - Block Statements
ADOPT
ADVANCE
ALTER
ASSEMBLE
ASSIGN
BUFFER
CLOSE
COUNT
DEPART
DISPLACE
ENTER
EXAMINE
EXECUTE
FAVAIL
FUNAVAIL
GATE
GATHER
GENERATE
INDEX
INTEGRATION
JOIN
LEAVE
LINK
LOGIC
LOOP
MARK
MATCH
MSAVEVALUE
OPEN
PLUS
PREEMPT
PRIORITY
QUEUE
READ
RELEASE
REMOVE
RETURN
SAVAIL
SAVEVALUE
SCAN
SEEK
SEIZE
SELECT
SPLIT
SUNAVAIL
TABULATE
TERMINATE
TEST
TRACE
TRANSFER
UNLINK
UNTRACE
WRITE
Chapter 8 - PLUS
8.1. Defining PLUS Procedures
8.2. The Language
8.3. The Procedure Library
8.3.1. Utility
Procedures
8.3.2. Math
Procedures
8.3.3. Query
Procedures
8.3.4. String
Procedures
8.3.5. Probability
Distributions
Chapter 9 - Advanced
Topics
9.1 Transaction Chains
9.2 The Transaction Scheduler
9.3 Synchronization
9.4 Preemption and Displacement
Chapter 10 - Performance Tips
10.1 Memory Allocations
10.2 Identifying Congestion Points
10.3 Operating Tips
10.4 Modeling Tips
Chapter 11 - Standard Reports
11.1 Report Management
11.2. Sample Report
11.3 Standard Report Items
Chapter 12 - Statistics
12.1 Introduction
12.2 ANOVA
12.3 RESET
12.4 Space-Time Products
Chapter 13 -
Experimentation
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Experimentation and the
Analysis of Variance
13.3 GPSS World Features
13.4
The Automatic Experiment Generators
13.5
Operating Tips
Chapter 14. Error
Messages
14.1
Introduction
14.2 Messages and Explanations
Appendix
1.1. GPSS Grammar
1.2. PLUS Grammar
Glossary