Organization of the SIMPROCESS Documentation Set

The SIMPROCESS documentation set consists of three manuals:

· Getting Started With SIMPROCESS

· SIMPROCESS User's Manual

· SIMPROCESS Metadata Manual

Getting Started

The Getting Started With SIMPROCESS manual is a must for first time SIMPROCESS users. This manual can also be used for evaluation purposes. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Process Modeling and Analysis and the SIMPROCESS product. Chapter 2 provides system requirements and installation instructions. Chapters 3 and 4 of the Getting Started With SIMPROCESS manual provide a tutorial, and Chapter 5 provides a description of the demonstration and reference models.

User's Manual

The User's Manual can be opened directly from the Help/SIMPROCESS Manuals menu. It is divided into three parts. Part A is an excellent reference for beginners and casual users. This part contains detailed documentation of the basic and intermediate functions of SIMPROCESS. Chapters 1 and 2 provide SIMPROCESS terminology and basics. Chapter 3 provides a detailed description of SIMPROCESS Statistical Constructs and their use. Chapter 4 describes in detail how the SIMPROCESS Activity Modeling blocks are used. Chapter 5 describes the use of Resources. Graphical Modeling Constructs are covered in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 is dedicated to Activity-based Costing, and Chapter 8 covers the Output Reports for analysis.

Part B is a reference intended for advanced users of SIMPROCESS. This part contains detailed documentation of the programming and library management functions in SIMPROCESS Professional Edition. Chapter 9 documents Reusable Templates and Library Management. Chapter 10 covers the Advanced SIMPROCESS constructs such as attributes, expressions, and time stamps. Chapter 11 wraps-up the advanced features of SIMPROCESS with descriptions of the complex features of the Generate activity and Downtime Schedules for Resources.

Part C describes the integrated statistical tools included with SIMPROCESS Professional. Chapter 12 of this manual provides an introduction to data analysis and ExpertFit. Chapter 13 covers using the SIMPROCESS Database, while Chapter 14 discusses using the Experiment Manager. How to do optimization using OptQuest is in Chapter 15, and Chapter 16 discusses SIMPROCESS Dashboards.

Metadata Manual

The Metadata Manual describes how to build and edit SIMPROCESS metamodels, assign metamodels to a SIMPROCESS model, and enter metadata in a SIMPROCESS model.