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AnyLogic Tips

Our Experience with AnyLogic Omniverse

## Why This Article? One of the main technical reasons using AnyLogic has been rejected by clients in the past years has been 3D visualizations, overpowered by other simulation Software such as FlexS

Noorjax Libraries

Getting a License for a Library

If you want the full version of one of our special libraries, you need to purchase a license. This license will be associated to your computer only. **Step 1 - Getting your computer ID** Download th

Noorjax Libraries

Optimization with Confidence Intervals

Simulation models are stochastic in nature, which means that every time you run a simulation model you will get different results, if you use different seeds. In order to communicate these varied resu

Noorjax Libraries

Monte Carlo with Confidence Intervals

Simulation models are stochastic in nature, which means that every time you run a simulation model you will get different results, if you use different seeds. In order to communicate these varied resu

Noorjax Libraries

Stacker Crane Library for Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS)

Automated storage processes with automated stacker cranes are commonly used in warehouses and factories management by enhancing efficiency and accuracy. These systems streamline the storage and retrie

Noorjax Libraries

Sorting Conveyors Library

This tool allows the AnyLogic user to construct a set of sorting conveyor networks automatically by using datapoints defined in an Excel configuration file. This approach offers flexibility, allowing

Noorjax Libraries

Elevator Group Library

AnyLogic has a native elevator object that works for pedestrians, but only for pedestrians. Since it's often that in models you have normal agents and resources that also need to use elevators, the pe

AnyLogic Tips

How to model a robotic arm in Anylogic?

Robotic arms have been a game changer in multiple industries, where each year the use of these, in conjunction with automatic operating algorithms and artificial intelligence, gain more strength. Thei

Noorjax Libraries

Robotic Arm Library

This library ONLY works with AnyLogic 8.9.4 and up. You can download the library here: [DOWNLOAD](https://github.com/noorjax/robotic-arm) If this library was useful to you, consider donating so we

Case Studies

Nunavik Food Security

This blog is an extension of the business case you can find here: [/en/portfolio/nunavik-ecosystem/](/en/portfolio/nunavik-ecosystem/) Nunavik, located in the north

Case Studies

Movement of cash by armored transport

When you build a simulation model, you get to learn how the business work. On this blog we want to show an example on what we learn from the business in one of our projects. You can check the project

Competitions

AnyLogic Contest #3 - Automated Pallet Rack System

The contest is over and the winners are [Guilherme Heinen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gheinen/) with [this model](https://cloud.anylogic.com/model/3026169e-edf2-495c-b99a-4bce0c2917d5?mode=SETTINGS)

Client Guide

General Requirements for a Simulation Project

When potential clients (whether it's a student or a large organization) reach us to make a simulation model, they often ask, before sending any requirement, what does this requirement need to have, in

Simulation Concepts

Why do competitors put their stores next to each another? – A Deep Reinforcement Learning approach

Have you ever wondered why competing physical stores locate themselves close to each other as a cluster? Since we live in the AnyLogic world, we will use simulations and artificial intelligence to ana

Competitions

AnyLogic Contest #2 - Forklift Transportation

The competition is over with the winner** [Maximilian Selmair](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-selmair-58751363/) a**s the winner, winning $200 with the best model at level 2. **Thanks to all

About Noorjax

An Internship at Noorjax

Joaquín Guzman recently finished an internship at Noorjax for a total of 2 months, where he was able to support the development of simulation models and the validation of these models using data scien

Competitions

AnyLogic Contest #1- Bulk Transportation

# Bulkdozer Transportation - AnyLogic Contest **The AnyLogic contest #1 is over and we are pleased to announce the winners [Emile Zankoul](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAj9sMYBA_K2jp2yQ0uE_I2_E5dG

AnyLogic Tips

Camera Inside an Agent - Possible Problems

# Placing a Camera on an Agent ## The Importance of 3D Animations We all know what 3D animation is, but little is said about how useful it is for the modeler and the stakeholders. An animation can a

Client Guide

how to get free help?

For some reason, I usually get bombarded with people requesting me to help them with their AnyLogic projects for free. Sometimes I suspect people think I'm an AnyLogic customer service representative.

AnyLogic Tips

Dynamic batches

Here's a little trick I use to generate dynamic batches, which are batches that are of dynamic size and where products that need to be batched come in a disorganized fashion. Let's say for instance t

AnyLogic Tips

Use in Flowchart as... what?

There is something beginner AnyLogic users take for granted when they build a model. For instance, when using the Process Modeling Library, they use the Agent Type. On the other hand, when they build

AnyLogic Tips

Push vs Pull Protocols

You are developing your discrete events model, and you see your agents moving from one block to the next. Simple right? But have you stopped for a moment to ask yourself why they are even moving? What

Client Guide

How to ask a good question as a client?

# Why should I care about good questions? Sometimes you need to get an answer to a question and you may be in a hurry to get an accurate and helpful response, or you may have little resources to pay

About Noorjax

Teach your skills

I remember my first job many many years ago. I was just one month into my career and hit my first moral wall. I had a boss that I thought you can only hear about on legendary myths. I asked her to tea

AnyLogic Tips

Using File Chooser in PLE

The File Chooser is only available on the professional version of AnyLogic. But its functionality is very easy to replicate with a little bit of JAVA magic. To illustrate this, I will create this exa

AnyLogic Tips

An example on the use of Classes vs Agents in AnyLogic

When you are a JAVA developer, it is common to use classes to work with objects. But AnyLogic provides Agents, that are basically predefined classes with several built-in functionalities to work with

Client Guide

How to optimize the cost and quality of your project as a client

It is very common for a client to try to make as little effort as possible to obtain amazing results. It is even natural for a client with little experience to assume when hiring an expert, that the e

AnyLogic Tips

Complex configuration before running the simulation

Have you ever been in a situation where you want to generate a complex scenario in the simulation experiment but you have no idea how to do it? There are features in AnyLogic that require the simulat

AnyLogic Tips

Your agent is too big - Memory Issue

Up to this date with AnyLogic 8.3, there is a bug that doesn't let you generate an agent that has too many elements. The error is caused by the code generation mechanism creating a large constructor o

Simulation Concepts

Agent-Based, Discrete-Events and System Dynamics

Before I start, don't expect me to explain all these methodologies in detail since there is already a lot of material on the web that can help you. Wikipedia is good starting point with the following