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That works when I only have one node to make choices, but I'm trying to make a big network where I tell each entity their destiny when they're created (via a Set Node module). When I do this, it seems Simio chooses a path that minimizes distance, but taking the distance of the time paths as the length of the drawn segments...

Hi, I'm working on a model with multiple paths and I'm using time paths to move entities. I recently noticed that the "Shortest Path" Outbound Link Rule doesn't work with time paths since it looks at the size of the path (as in, the length of the drawn segment) instead of the time it takes to travel the path. Is there any way to have a transfer node choose the time path with the shortest travel time? Thanks.

Yes, you're right. The key was setting the initial population as the maximum you want to use. Thanks!

Oh ok. I guess that works, but I was looking for a method that can be easily used with OptQuest. I'll see what I can do. Thanks!

Thanks for the answer. What exactly do you mean by setting the capacity? Using something like Vehicle[1].Capacity?

Hi, I'm using vehicles in one model and they work in shifts. For example, there are 4 vehicles in shift 1, 8 in shift 2 and 12 in shift 3. However, I'm not sure how I can easily program this, any tips?

I managed to do it. As you say it works dinamically. Thanks for responding though. I only had issues because I put an extremely low Rate Scale Factor which "paused" my Source for a while since it created a very long Time Between Arrivals. Now it's working fine.

Basically, I want to know how SIMIO creates the time between entity arrivals. Does SIMIO create all the times at once or the program does it dynamically (one at a time)? My problem is that I'm using the Arrival mode "Time Varying Arrival Rate" and for every day of simulation I want to change the "rate scale factor". If I do this with a state variable it doesn't work. For explample, if on day 1 I have a rate scale factor equal to 1 and on day 2 it's equal to 100, in day 2 the times between arrivals don't change at all.