Interval timer

A timer is used to determine whether a component (usually an Activity) can perform its task in the current time-step (see Using timers).

This timer will allows associated components to perform tasks at a set interval from a specified start month. The timer will fire if the current month is the specified interval from the start month if the start month occurred before the simulation started. For example, the timer could allow tasks to be perform every three months starting in November and would fire in February for a simulation starting in January.

The following parameters are used to define this activity

Interval

The number of months between each tick of this timer (in months).

A value of 0 would turn this timer off and is not permitted.

Required>=1

First month to start timer

The first month in which this timer fires (January to December)

RequiredJanuarytoDecember