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Unit-5
Simulation

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Simulation
Simulation is Imitation
It involves developing a model of some real phenomenon
and then performing experiments on the model evolved.

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It is a descriptive not optimizing technique.

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In simulation given system is copied and then

variables and constants are manipulated in
that artificial environment to examine the
behavior of the system.

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For example
Aerodynamic testing
scaled down models of aero planes are built &
placed in the wind tunnels and using the wind
tunnel, air is blown to examine the aerodynamic
properties of the model.

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Que.1 The weekly demand for laptops at a dealer’s shop is as follows:

Demand 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

No. of
5 16 28 12 14 15 10
Days

Simulate the demand for the next two weeks using the following random numbers.

39, 20, 19, 75, 82, 36, 05, 10, 90, 88, 64, 50, 57, 29

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Cumulative Random No.

Demand No. of Days Probability
Probability Interval
0 5 .05 .05 00-04
1 16 .16 .21 05-20
2 28 .28 .49 21-48
3 12 .12 .61 49-60
4 14 .14 .75 61-74
5 15 .15 .90 75-89
6 10 .10 1.00 90-99

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Days Random No. Random No. Interval Demand
1 39 21-48 2
2 20 5-20 1
3 19 5-20 1
4 75 75-89 5
5 82 75-89 5
6 36 21-48 2
7 5 5-20 1
8 10 5-20 1
9 90 90-99 6
10 88 75-89 5
11 64 61-74 4
12 50 49-60 3
13 57 49-60 3
14 29 21-48 2

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Que-2 The no. of Airhostesses reporting sick at a leading airline company is

distributed as follows:

No. of Airhostess
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Absent

Probability .10 .17 .30 .20 .10 .08 .05

Simulate the absenteeism pattern of the airhostesses for the next two weeks
using the following random numbers.
10, 25, 36, 82, 79, 44, 75, 80, 19, 20, 66, 75, 99, 75

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Cumulative
No. of Airhostess Probability Random No. Interval
Probability
0 .10 .10 00-09
1 .17 .27 10-26
2 .30 .57 27-56
3 .20 .77 57-76
4 .10 .87 77-86
5 .08 .95 87-94
6 .05 1.00 95-99

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Days Random No. Random No. Interval No. of Airhostess absent
1 10 10-26 1
2 25 10-26 1
3 36 27-56 2
4 82 77-86 4
5 79 77-86 4
6 44 27-56 2
7 75 57-76 3
8 80 77-86 4
9 19 10-26 1
10 20 10-26 1
11 66 57-76 3
12 75 57-76 3
13 99 95-99 6
14 75 57-76 3
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Que-3 At a bill counter customers arrival and service patterns are given as follows:
Inter Arrival Times (In Mins) Probability Service Times (In Mins) Probability
2 .05 2 .05
4 .25 3 .15
6 .45 4 .35
8 .15 5 .30
10 .10 6 .07
7 .08
Assuming that the counter opens at 8.00 AM, Simulate the arrival and Service
pattern for the next 10 customers using the following random numbers.
For Inter arrival times: 21, 65, 75, 84, 35, 65, 72, 44, 90, 24
For Service times: 16, 75, 26, 44, 86, 95, 56, 28, 37, 29
Hence compute the waiting time of the customers & server.
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Inter Arrival Times (In Mins) Probability Cumulative Probability Random No. Interval
2 .05 .05 00-04
4 .25 .30 05-29
6 .45 .75 30-74
8 .15 .90 75-89
10 .10 1.00 90-99
Customers Random No. Inter Arrival Times (In Mins) Time of Arrival
1 21 4 8.04
2 65 6 8.10
3 75 8 8.18
4 84 8 8.26
5 35 6 8.32
6 65 6 8.38
7 72 6 8.44
8 44 6 8.50
9 90 10 9.00
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Service Times (In Mins) Probability Cumulative Prob. Random No. Interval
2 .05 .05 00-04
3 .15 .20 05-19
4 .35 .55 20-54
5 .30 .85 55-84
6 .07 .92 85-91
7 .08 1.00 92-99
Customers Random No. Service Times (In Mins)
1 16 3
2 75 5
3 26 4
4 44 4
5 86 6
6 95 7
7 56 5
8 28 4
9 37 4
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Inter Arrival Time of Service Time Customer Server
Customers In Time Out Time
Times (In Mins) Arrival (In Mins) Waiting Waiting

1 4 8.04 8.04 3 8.07 - 4

2 6 8.10 8.10 5 8.15 - 3
3 8 8.18 8.18 4 8.22 - 3
4 8 8.26 8.26 4 8.30 - 4
5 6 8.32 8.32 6 8.38 - 2
6 6 8.38 8.38 7 8.45 - -
7 6 8.44 8.45 5 8.50 1 -
8 6 8.50 8.50 4 8.54 - -
9 10 9.00 9.00 4 9.04 - 6
10 4 9.04 9.04 4 9.08 - -
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