Getting Started

GETTING STARTED WITH ARENA
Prompt
Queue Type
Queue Name
Set Name
Set Index
Attribute Name
Expression
Description
Type of queue used to hold the entities while waiting to access
the transporter, either an individual Queue, a queue Set, an
Internal queue, or an Attribute or Expression that evaluates to
the queue’s name.
Name of the individual queue.
Name of the queue set.
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.
Expression evaluated to the queue name.
Transport module
DESCRIPTION
The Transport module transfers the controlling entity to a destination station. After
the time delay required for the transport, the entity reappears in the model at the
Station module. Free-path transporters are always moved to the same station
destination as the entity. Guided transporters may be moved to a different network
location than the entity’s station destination using the Guided Tran Destination Type.
If a free-path transporter is being used, then the time delay to move the entity and
transporter from one station to the next is based on the velocity of the transporter and
the distance between the stations (specified in the Distance module). If a guided
transporter is being used, then the time delay to transport the entity depends not only
on the velocity and distance to the guided transporter’s destination, but also the
transporter’s acceleration, deceleration, and any traffic it encounters on the way.
When an entity enters the Transport module, its Station attribute (Entity.Station) is set
to the entity’s destination station. The entity is then transported to the destination
station.
If the station destination is entered as By Sequence, the next station is determined by
the entity’s Sequence and Jobstep within the set (special-purpose attributes
Entity.Sequence and Entity.Jobstep, respectively).
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