Simulation with Arena

Terminating or Steady-State• Often it’s not clear what’s the appropriate goal;can depend on what questions are of interest– Fast-food restaurant, open 11 a.m.-11 p.m.– If interested in daily operation, simulate for 11 a.m.-11 p.m.with observed nonstationary arrivals, and view asterminating system (make independent replications)– If interested only in lunch rush, simulate with stationaryarrival rate at the lunch peak, let it run a long time at thispeak, and analyze as steady state — peak-load analysis• Call center — no obvious “right” answer– Tech return calls can be held overnight — steady state?– Otherwise systems starts, stops empty — we’ll doterminatingSimulation with Arena — Chapter 8 — Detailed Modeling 8 - 19