Chapter 8

SIMULATION
USING ARENA

8.1 Introduction
8.2 Structure of SIMAN
8.3 Structure of ARENA
8.3.1 ARENA Template
8.4 Building a basic model
   8.4.1 Using COMMON.TPO
   8.4.2 Using BLOCKS.TPO & ELEMENTS.TPO

8.5 CREATE, ASSIGN, QUEUE
8.6 SEIZE, DELAY, RELEASE
8.7 COUNT, DISPOSE, REPLICATE
   Example 8.1
8.8 Using the TRACE and DEBUG features
   Example 8.2
WORKSHEET 1 (THE DRILL)
8.9 Collecting Statistics
   Example 8.3
   Example 8.4
8.10 Using the distribution functions
   Example 8.5
8.11 Using the Output Processor
WORKSHEET 2 (THE DRILL _2)
8.12 The BRANCH command
 Example 8.6
 Example 8.7
 Example 8.8
8.13 Changing Resource Capacity
Worksheet 3
8.14 Attributes and Variables
Worksheet 4
Worksheet 7
8.15 The RANKINGS element
8.16 The ROUTE block & SEQUENCES element
8.16.2 The `SEQUENCES' element