Professor Christos Alexopoulos
ISyE 3044

 

 

 

 


Syllabus

Course Regulations

Teaching Assistants: TBA

All homeworks will be posted on T-Square

Model 5-3 from the Arena text with Modules from the Basic and Advanced Templates
 
Formula Sheet

Sample Problems for Test #1

Sample Problems for Test #2

Arena® Slides: Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Appendix C

Graphical Spreadsheet Queueing Simulation

Introduction to Arena

Model 1 — Concepts: Modeling with the Basic Process template; animation by means of the Animate toolbar; collection of statistics and computation of confidence intervals with the Statistic module from the Advanced Process template and the Output Analyzer.

Model 2 — Concepts: Use of Variables; multiple entity types; animation of routes with the Station and Route modules from the Advanced Transfer template and the Animate Transfer toolbar; generation of non-stationary Poisson arrivals; dynamic assignment of entity pictures.

Model 3 — Concepts: Use of Sets, and resource Schedules and Failures.

Model 4 — Concepts: Creating resource failures by means of control entities. Look at the following modules: (1) the StateSet module (we can use the same names as the AutoStates); (2) the Resouce module (we edited the StateSet Name entry); (3) the Statistic module (we created a Frequency statistic to compute the percentage of time the machine spent in each state).

Single Server Queue Arena Model with Costs — Feel free to experiment with (a) Route Times and Route Paths; (b) Resource Schedules and Failures; (c) saving statistical data; and confidence intervals for finite-horizon simulations.

Inventory Model — Feel free to experiment with plots of variables.

Re-entrant Queues — This model was created with version 3.5 of Arena, but illustrates that priorities can cause instabilities.

Notes on Verification and Validation

Powerpoint Slides for Input Data Analysis

Tutorial on Input Data Analysis by Dr. Averill Law

Slides for Simulation Output Analysis

Slides for Ranking and Selection Problems; Arena's Ranking and Selection Procedure

Arena Models with Non-stationary Poisson Input

An Approximation to the Inverse Normal(0,1) c.d.f.

 


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