Execution Speed Comparison - JaamSim vs. Arena, Simio, ExtendSim, FlexSim, Simul8, AnyLogic, and SLX

[Harry King]

A new blog post shows compares execution speed benchmarks for all the mainstream simulation packages. JaamSim is the fastest one that includes drag & drop model building.

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On Monday, 1 December 2014 17:39:52 UTC+11, Harry King wrote:
> A new blog post shows compares execution speed benchmarks for all the mainstream simulation packages. JaamSim is the fastest one that includes drag & drop model building.

You should have another comparative check.Would be real interrested in the results. Also, what do you think is the best Software to use ??

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[Harry King]

I'm not planning to update the benchmarks unless I hear from a vendor that they've improved the speed of their software. Is there a particular reason why you would like to see updated results?

Regarding the best simulation software, that really depends on your application. We like JaamSim of course because it is simple, fast, and customisable. If you need features that JaamSim doesn't have yet and the cost of the commercial software is not an issue, then there are lots of choices. I like AnyLogic because it provides the best programming interface and coding is done in standard Java instead of a proprietary language. If you don't want to do any programming, then you'll have to check each package to see if it can handle your application. You should choose the one that fits your application the best. Ask their technical support people how they would simulate your application.

The danger with commercial software is that it will do 90% of what you need quite easily, but the last 10% will cause you all sorts of difficulties. It's hard to spot that 10% in advance and identify suitable workarounds before investing a lot of time and money. It's not unusual to find that a commercial software package just cannot model one or more aspects of your system and that you are stuck.

Harry

[Markus Klug]

Hi,

let me hint on the ARGESIM Benchmarks for Modelling Approaches and Simulation Implementations (see: https://www.sne-journal.org/benchmarks). There are currently 22 different (more or less) small modelling tasks (distributed half - half between continuous and discrete event comparisons). A.t.m.h.o. they are much better suitable to select a simulation software, because the comparisons emphasize on the difficulty / easiness of modelling within a simulation software environment as well.

I'd suggest, everyone within the user community is invited to select and perform a particular simulation task, publish an article in the corresponding Simulation News Europe Journal and to post the model here as well.

Regards,
Markus