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1. Arena is a simulation software that allows modeling of systems using basic process and flowchart modules. It collects statistics on resource utilization, queue lengths, times in system to evaluate system performance. 2. A simple processing system example is presented to demonstrate basic Arena concepts like entity attributes, random processing times, resource capacity, queue definition. 3. The document outlines tasks for students to install Arena, rebuild the simple model, and do an exercise comparing serial vs parallel processing configurations.

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1. Arena is a simulation software that allows modeling of systems using basic process and flowchart modules. It collects statistics on resource utilization, queue lengths, times in system to evaluate system performance. 2. A simple processing system example is presented to demonstrate basic Arena concepts like entity attributes, random processing times, resource capacity, queue definition. 3. The document outlines tasks for students to install Arena, rebuild the simple model, and do an exercise comparing serial vs parallel processing configurations.

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Simulation with Arena

Introduction

Book: Simulation with Arena 4th Ed, David Kelton


Chapter 3

Dr. P.H.Tram, Jan 2020


Introduction
● Arena installation
● The Arena window
● Basic modules in Arena
● Arena built-in variables
● Plot
● Run a simulation model
● View the simulation report
Arena installation

Download “Arena for Students” for free (PC only)

https://www.arenasimulation.com/academic/students

https://www.arenasimulation.com/frequently-asked-questions
Flowchart modules

Flowchart view

Spreadsheet view
Spreadsheet (data)
modules
Arena window
- Window menu: File, Edit, View, Run, Window
- Panning, zooming, viewing, aligning in Flowchart view
- Modules:
+ Basic Process, Advanced Process, Advanced Transfer
+ Flowchart module, Spreadsheet (Data) modules
Example: A simple processing system
Conceptual model

Part arrival Drilling center Processed parts

Interarrival time
Processing time
~ Exponential (5)
~ Triangular (1,3,6)
- Entity?
Queue discipline: FIFO - Attributes?
- Resource?
- Queue?
Objectives
Evaluate the system by collecting statistics in each area on:

- Resource utilization
- Number in queue
- Time in queue
- Cycle time (Total time in the system)
Example: A simple processing system
1 replication, replication length: 20 min, 24hour/day

Drag and drop

Define: Define: Record entity


Entity Resources statistics
interarrival time Logic action
Setting Run conditions
❖ “Run” setup
- Replication parameters:
+ Number of replications
+ Replication length
+ Hours per day
+ Time unit
+ Warm up period
- Project parameters:
+ Statistics collection
❖ Run the model: Run> Go (F5), Run> Check (F4)
Viewing the report
❖ Category overview
❖ Tree outline on the project bar
- Queue: waiting time, waiting length
- Resource: Utilization
- Entity: Wait time, WIP
- Simple Processing: Total time that entity in the system, number in, out
Viewing the report - Some statistics concepts
- Tally statistics: taking the average, minimum, or maximum from a list of
numbers (discrete-time)
- Time-persistent statistics: taking the (time) average, minimum, or maximum
of a plot of something during the simulation (continuous-time)
- Counter statistics: accumulated count of something

Ex: average time in system, average queue length, WIP, number entities
left the system

- Instantaneous Utilization: Time weighted average of [number of units busy/


number of units scheduled at that point in time] over the whole run. (When
there is no capacity scheduled, utilization at that time is zero)
- Scheduled Utilization: Time-average of number of units busy over the whole
run/ Time-average of number of units scheduled over the whole run
Arena concepts
System features Arena modules

Entity attributes:
- Random part arrival time < Create module >
- ... < Entity data module>

Random processing time < Process module >


Number of required resource

Resource capacity < Resource data module >

Queue discipline < Queue data module>


Define entity name and its attributes

❖ “Create” flowchart module


❖ “Entity” data module
● Attributes: data storage objects associated with entities. Attributes are local to
entities.
Define process name, resources and action logic
❖ “Process” flowchart module
❖ “Process” spreadsheet
- Logic: Seize+Delay+Release/ Delay/ Seize+Delay/Delay+Release

Example:

- Priority: when a resource has to serve different types of entities


- Resource: distinguish between number of resources required to serve an
entity (defined in “process” module) with resource capacity (defined in
“resource” data module )
More about resources
❖ “Resource” data module
- Capacity
- Schedule
- Failure
Define queue
❖ “Queue” data module
- Queue discipline
Variables
● global data storage objects used to store and modify state information; they
can be accessed, examined, and modified from every component of the
model.
● Example of Arena Built in variables

Arena Built-in Variables Meaning


TNOW current simulation time
NQ(Queue ID) number of entity in queue
NR(Resource ID) number of busy resource

For a complete list of frequently used Arena built-in variable, see in book of Tayfur Altiok,
Appendix A. You can also usually find the Arena built-in variables in the “Expression Builder”
in the sub-window of many modules
Dynamic plot
- “Expression”: the parameter you want to plot, eg. NQ(process1.queue)
Basic issues to be covered in this course

Processor Processed entities


Entity
Arrival
queue

- Arrival: Stationary process (identified probability


distribution)/ Non stationary process (schedule)
- Queue: queue discipline
- Resource: capacity, group of resource, priority, schedule,
failure
- Record statistics: waiting time, resource utilization,
number in/out..(by default and by user specified)
Your tasks

● Install “Arena for Student” version


● Watch the Arena Demo video: https://youtu.be/U6Pif0FzWf0
● Rebuild the model of the Simple processing system like the one in the Demo
Video yourself
● Play around with the software to get familiar with the Arena window
● Do exercise 1. Submit on Blackboard your simulation file (name it as [Your
name]-Excersise 1.doe) and your answers in word file (name it as [Your
name]-Excersise 1.docx)
Excersise 1
Serial processing - Specialized seperated work

Prepare covenant Price loan Disburse Funds Completed


Arriving Check credit
(Betty) (Charles) (Doris) Application
application (Albert)
~Expo(1.25h) ~Expo(1h) ~Expo(1h) ~Expo(1h) ~Expo(1h)

Parallel processing - General integrated work


Albert (all 4 steps)
Arriving
application Betty (all 4 steps) Completed
Application

Charles (all 4 steps)

Doris (all 4 steps)


Excersice 1
Run the simulation for 160 hrs and answer the following questions:

- Which arrangement is better based on the simulation results*? Does it make


sense to you?
- How does the result change if all the processing time is constant 1 hour?
- How does the result change if the integrated work entailed an average
increase of 18% in the time it takes to complete all 4 tasks?

(*look at Total WIP, Total time in system, Total waiting time, number processed,
resource utilization)

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