Editing GPSS (section)

=== TERMINATE ===
To remove the transaction, use TERMINATE.

The optional argument decrements the '''completion counter''', which is a variable that is chosen by the user when running the simulation. Say you wanted to test 100 customers: you would start the execution of your simulation with <code>START 100</code>. <code>TERMINATE 1</code> at the end of each transaction would decrement initial value 100 by 1 (99, 98, 97 ...) until it reached zero. At this point, the simulation stops and results are returned. If you omit the argument in TERMINATE, it will be assumed to be 0. This means your simulation will run forever (unless, of course, you have another TERMINATE that does decrement this counter.

[https://athena.ecs.csus.edu/~mitchell/csc148/gpssW/Reference%20Manual/r7.htm#TERMINATE TERMINATE]

==== Timer ====
To have your program run for a predetermined time, make sure none of your TERMINATES decrement the counter and include a section like this:
 GENERATE      ; Generate one transaction
 ADVANCE 100   ; Run for 100 time units
 TERMINATE 1   ; End
Then run your program with START 1. It will run for 100 time units.