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What SimEvents is

SimEvents is a desktop product for modeling message-based communication and other event-driven processes. Its discrete-event simulation engine and component library represent entity creation and removal, queues, service times, routing, attributes, event responses, and resource allocation. Resource Pool, Resource Acquirer, and Resource Releaser blocks model how resources are assigned, and repeated simulations can support optimization. SimEvents combines event-based models with Simulink time-based models for large hybrid systems. Users can simulate and debug models, inspect queues, visualize entity activity, and build custom visualizations. Statistics can aggregate average service times, queue lengths, delays, throughput, latency, and packet loss; Sequence Viewer displays messages, events, and entities. Custom behavior uses MATLAB Discrete Event System and Discrete Event Chart blocks. Listed applications include software and hardware architectures, communication networks, forecasting, capacity planning, and supply chain management. It supports Windows, Mac, and Linux, requires MATLAB and Simulink, and offers a 30-day trial.

Who it suits

It suits engineers and analysts modeling communications, software or hardware architectures, and operational processes. It is relevant when Simulink integration, queue analysis, resource allocation, or hybrid-system simulation is required.

What it does well

  • Models queues, routing, service times, and event responses
  • Combines event-based models with Simulink time-based models
  • Analyzes latency, throughput, delays, and queue lengths
  • Provides Sequence Viewer and custom visualization options
  • Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux

What to know first

  • Requires both MATLAB and Simulink
  • Not eligible for MATLAB Compiler or Simulink Compiler
  • No lesson library, assessment tools, or 3D visuals

Plans

PlanBilled and limitsPrice
SimEventsContact sales for pricing; price depends on license and intended use. · Requires MATLAB · Requires SimulinkOn request

As mathworks.com lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Verdict

SimEvents provides detailed discrete-event modeling alongside Simulink for hybrid-system analysis. Its MATLAB and Simulink requirements, plus compiler exclusions, define important deployment limits.

Facts from SimEvents's own pages

Analysis and visualization
Output statistics can include measures such as average service times, queue lengths, delays, and throughput, and the sequence viewer visualizes messages, events, and entities. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Applications
The product page describes applications including software and hardware architectures, communication networks, and operations research for forecasting, capacity planning, and supply chain management. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Assessment tools
No · mathworks.com, 21 Sept 2026
Authoring tools
Yes · mathworks.com, 21 Sept 2026
Company history
MathWorks says it was founded in 1984 by Jack Little and Cleve Moler. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Custom behavior
Custom behavior can be created with MATLAB Discrete Event System and Discrete Event Chart blocks. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Delivery mode
desktop · mathworks.com, 21 Sept 2026
Founded
1984 · mathworks.com, 12 Oct 2026
Free plan
No · mathworks.com, 21 Sept 2026
Headquarters
Natick, Massachusetts, USA · mathworks.com, 12 Oct 2026
Lesson library
No · mathworks.com, 21 Sept 2026
Parallel computing
SimEvents is eligible for use with Parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Parallel Server, but not MATLAB Compiler or Simulink Compiler. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Performance analysis
It supports analysis and optimization of latency, throughput, and packet loss. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Platform requirements
SimEvents supports Windows, Mac, and Linux and requires MATLAB and Simulink. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Purpose
SimEvents models message based communication in Simulink and other event driven processes using a discrete event simulation engine and component library. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Queue and routing blocks
Its blocks can generate and destroy entities, store them in queues or service-time blocks, route them, attach attributes, and manage event responses. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Queue and routing models
Blocks model entity generation and destruction, queues, service times, routing, attributes, and event responses. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Requirements and limits
SimEvents requires MATLAB and Simulink, is not eligible for use with MATLAB Compiler or Simulink Compiler, and is eligible for use with Parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Parallel Server. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Resource allocation
Resource Pool, Resource Acquirer, and Resource Releaser blocks support resource allocation modeling, and models can be optimized by running multiple simulations. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Security documentation
MathWorks' Trust Center lists information security practices and SOC 3 certification, and says SOC 2 and other documents are available upon request through Customer Support. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Security resources
MathWorks' Trust Center lists information security practices, a SOC 3 security certification, data storage locations, and a vulnerability disclosure policy. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Simulink integration
SimEvents combines event based models with Simulink time based models to simulate large scale hybrid systems. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Statistics
Output statistics can monitor and aggregate measures such as average service times, while Sequence Viewer visualizes messages, events, and entities. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026
Support
The product page links to documentation, examples, videos, technical articles, functions, requirements, and release notes. · mathworks.com, 11 Oct 2026

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