Uniform Distribution

[ursula challita]

Hi all,

I want to create an area in which there are users. I wnat these users
to be uniformly spaced.
I looked in the functions that are available in AIMMS and couldn't
find the one I want.
Any help how I can do this?

Thanks in advance
Ursula

[Guido Diepen]

Hi Ursula,

can't you make use of the uniform function to get uniform values for the X and Y coordinates for the users? You can find more information about the uniform function in the documentation.

Guido Diepen

AIMMS Specialist

[ursula challita]

Hello,

Basically i tried to use this function. It gives a random
distribution. What I want is
a distribution of users that are equally spaced and not randomly
placed.
Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Ursula

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[Guido Diepen]

Hi Ursula,

you want to place them in a network object?

If you want to space them evenly, can't you just calculate the required (x,y) coordinates based on the (MaxX - MinX) / numberOfPoints and use this ratio to space the users?

Guido Diepen

AIMMS Specialist

[ursula challita]

Hi Guido,

This is what I want.
Where do I place the statements. In the definition of x and y?

Thanks,
Ursula

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[Guido Diepen]

Hi Ursula,

you have two options for this. You can either create a procedure that will fill the two parameters (one for X and one for Y coordinate) with values based on this ratio. The other option you have is to indeed use parameters with a definition, where you use the ratio and multiply it with the ordinal value of each user.

Guido Diepen

AIMMS Specialist

[ursula challita]

Thanks Guido.