charts

About this model

This diagram represents a resource management and distribution system involving the generation, gating, and pooling of resources with specific probabilities and deterministic flows. Multiple sources generate a consistent supply of resources, which are then directed towards gates. These gates serve as control mechanisms that regulate the flow of resources to different pools based on predefined probabilities. For example, certain resource connections are configured to transfer resources at a constant rate, while others operate based on a 50% probability, influencing the distribution of resources into various pools.

The system incorporates feedback annotations to highlight the behavior and outcomes of specific gates and their configurations, indicating correct and incorrect results based on the gate's ability to process and route inputs effectively. This setup allows for the exploration of various gate configurations and their impact on the resource flow within the diagram. The designated pools act as accumulators or reservoirs for resources, their levels being influenced by the gates' decision processes. This mechanism simulates scenarios where resource allocation and flow control play critical roles, serving as a conceptual basis for systems dealing with probabilistic resource management and the implications of gating mechanisms on such flows.

“charts” is a public Machinations diagram by catalin+nfjdasnfjkasgfjksa, shared in the Machinations Community.

You can open the original diagram in the Machinations app, press Play to watch how resources move through it, and change its values to see how the system responds. Machinations is a visual tool for designing, simulating and balancing game economies and other systems, where resources flow through sources, pools, drains, converters and gates. In a diagram, a source creates resources, a pool stores them, a drain removes them, a converter changes one resource into another and a gate decides where they go next.