Costs: Viewing Model Costs

SMOK computes space and time costs for the current model. Both are computed based on per-component costs, which are determined by each component's type and the time and space costs assigned to that type in the smok.ini file. Space cost is simply the sum of the space costs of the components. (Connections have zero cost.) Time cost is SMOK's estimate of the critical path timing through the model. This is computed statically, based on the model topology and per-component time costs.

Costs are displayed on a per-container basis in TitleBox components, and pertain to the portion of the model inside the associated container. The model itself is the outermost container, and so the outermost TitleBox displays full model costs:

This model has a space costs of 929 units, meaning that the sum of the space costs (determined by the components types and the cost definitions in the smok.ini file) is 929. The model has a minimum cycle time of 326 time units.

The TitleBox of each container-type component displays costs for the portion of the model inside that container: