Reference Manual

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