Growth

A stock is filled at a given rate

Diagram

Information

This information is part of the Business Simulation Library (BSL).

Growth can be used to model an inflow to a stock from a source with infinite capacity outside the border of the system in focus. The rate of flow can either be set by the real input u (hasConstantRate = false) or by the parameter rate (hasConstantRate = true).

Notes

The rate of flow has to be non-negative as the connected stock should never be drained. A negative rate of flow will be set to zero internally by the component.

If the connected stock might also be drained, →ExogenousChange should be used.

Parameters (2)

rate	Value: unspecified Type: OutputType (1/s) Description: Constant rate of growth (optional)
hasConstantRate	Value: false Type: Boolean Description: = true, if the constant rate is used instead of an exogenous input u

rate

Value: unspecified

Type: OutputType (1/s)

Description: Constant rate of growth (optional)

hasConstantRate

Value: false

Type: Boolean

Description: = true, if the constant rate is used instead of an exogenous input u

Connectors (5)

	y	Type: RealOutput Description: Rate information
	y1	Type: RealOutput Description: Rate information
	y2	Type: RealOutput Description: Rate information
	massPort	Type: FlowPort Description: Inflow to or outflow from connected stock
	u	Type: RealInput Description: Rate of growth given as exogenous input

Components (3)

	parConstantRate	Type: ConstantConverter Description: Constante rate of growth (optional)
	growing	Type: Transition
	cloud	Type: Cloud

parConstantRate

Type: ConstantConverter

Description: Constante rate of growth (optional)

growing

Type: Transition

cloud

Type: Cloud

Used in Examples (5)

	SimpleProductionChain BusinessSimulation.Examples A first example
	SimpleProductionChainII BusinessSimulation.Examples Extending the first example to include replacement purchases
	SimpleProductionChainIII BusinessSimulation.Examples Further extending the first example to explain new product diffusion
	ManagingEmployment BusinessSimulation.Examples Human resource planning
	AssemblyLine BusinessSimulation.Examples Modeling a production process

Used in Components (7)

	ExponentialDelay BusinessSimulation.CausalLoop Exponential delay of input flow
	PipelineDelay BusinessSimulation.CausalLoop Fixed or pure delay of input flow
	BrokenTransition BusinessSimulation.Flows.Interaction The inflow to B is proportional to the outflow from A
	BrokenTransitionPull BusinessSimulation.Flows.Interaction The outflow from A is proportional to the inflow to B
	PresentValue BusinessSimulation.MoleculesOfStructure.InformationProcessing Calculates the present value of a stream of cash flows
	ExperienceCurve BusinessSimulation.MoleculesOfStructure.Blocks Unit cost degression due to gaining experience
	Account BusinessSimulation.MoleculesOfStructure.Incubators Basic model of an account with optional interest

Revisions

Value for parameter set to unspecified in v2.1.0.