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This simulation allows you to compare different approaches to influence flow, the Flow Times and the throughput of a work process.

By adjusting the sliders below you can 
  • observe the work process without any work in process limitations (WIP Limits), 
  • with process step specific WIP Limits* (work state WIP limits), 
  • or you may want to see the impact of the Tameflow approach with Kanban Token and Replenishment Token 
  • or see the impact of the Drum-Buffer-Rope** method. 
* Well know in (agile) Kanban
** Known in the physical world of factory production

The "Tameflow approach" using Kanban Token and Replenishment Token as well as the Drum-Buffer-Rope method take oth the Constraint (the weakest link of the work process) into consideration when pulling in new work items into the delivery "system". 

You can also simulate the effects of PUSH instead of PULL. 

Feel free to play around and recognize the different effects of work scheduling methods. 

If you have questions or feedback get in touch via twitter @swilluda

The work flow itself
Look at the simulation as if you would look on a kanban board

The simulation mimics a "typical" software delivery process. 

From left to right you find the following ten process steps. 
  1. Input Queue (Backlog)
  2. Selected for work (waiting for analysis or work break down)
  3. Analyse, break down and understand
  4. Waiting for development
  5. In development
  6. Waiting for review
  7. In review
  8. Waiting for deployment
  9. In deployment
  10. Done
Kanban Board Simulation - WIP Limit, Tameflow Kanban Token and Drum-Buffer-Rope
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Unfolding Causal Loop Diagram narrative of  Hospital Congestion based on my Gemini interaction Feb 2026 using Gene Bellinger's AI prompts
Overview of Hospital Congestion
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There are about fifteen known archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them.
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Frequently Recurring Structures

Archetypes
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The SEIRS(D) model for the purpose of experimenting with the phenomena of viral spread. I use it for COVID-19 simulation.
SEIR - COVID-19 (v.1)
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Sistema de intervenção do Banco Central para regular a cotação do dólar. O sistema tem um loop que conduz naturalmente ao equilíbrio, isto é, a COTAÇÃO ATUAL tende, com o tempo, à COTAÇÃO DESEJADA pelo BC.  Entretanto devido ao TEMPO DE REAÇÃO DO MERCADO, o sistema OSCILA mas ainda assim tende ao equilíbrio.  Na verdade, o que faz a COTAÇÃO ATUAL oscilar, é a relação entre o TEMPO DE REAÇÃO DO MERCADO e o TEMPO DE AJUSTE da intervenção do BC. A frequência de oscilação é tanto maior quanto maior for a relação entre o TEMPO DE REAÇÃO DO MERCADO e o TEMPO DE AJUSTE do BC.
Dolar
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This model is based on the published model in Nature by Fujiwara and Caswell (2001) for female northern right whales. 
NRES 407 Model 4 - unparameterized
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