Getting Started

GETTING STARTED WITH ARENA
Prompt
Queue Type
Queue Name
Queue Set Name
Set Index
Attribute Name
Expression
Description
Type of queue used to hold the entities while waiting to allocate
the transporter, either an individual Queue, a queue Set, an
Internal queue, or an Attribute or Expression that evaluate to
the queue name.
Name of the individual queue.
Name of the queue set that contains the queue being referenced.
The index into the queue set. Note that this is the index into the
set and not the name of the queue in the set. For example, the
only valid entries for a queue set containing three members is an
expression that evaluates to 1, 2, or 3.
The attribute name that will be evaluated to the queue name.
The expression that will be evaluated to the queue name.
Free module
DESCRIPTION
The Free module releases the entity’s most recently allocated transporter unit. If
another entity is waiting in a queue to request or allocate the transporter, the
transporter will be given to that entity. If there are no waiting entities at the time the
transporter unit is freed, the transporter will wait idle at the freeing entity’s station
location, unless otherwise specified in the Transporter module.
TYPICAL USES
• A part awaiting a shipping truck frees its forklift
• An airport transfer cart completes its trip
PROMPTS
Prompt
Name
Transporter Name
Unit Number
Description
Unique name of the module that will be displayed in the
flowchart.
Name of the transporter to free. A blank value assumes the most
recently allocated or requested transporter.
Determines which of the transporter units in the transporter set to
free.
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