typeAmountRate

Amount rate/Throughput [each/s]

A type of Rate.

Information

The throughput of some amount, e.g., basically a flow of discretely counted entities, measured in each/s.

Notes

  • While Rate can be used for fractional rates of flow or for the throughput of a continuously measured, dimensionless quantity, AmountRate is to be used for the throughput of discretely countable entities like people, tangible assets, and material.

  • Using Rate for a fractional rate allows unit checking to catch unit mismatch in cases when a fractional rate has not been multiplied by some amount.

  • AmountRate is similar to the MolarFlowRate used in Chemistry: We can succinctly describe flows of similar substances, i.e., entities, while avoiding the need to name each and every entity—an advantage with regard to component reuse.

  • In Wolfram System Modeler, the unit each/s will be shown as #/s in Model Center and Simulation Center.

Attributes

NameValue
quantity"Throughput"
unit"each/s"

Revisions

  • Added in v2.0.0.

  • Changed quantity from "AmountRate" to "Throughput" in v2.2.