Technology Forge
Arena Tutorials
and
Assignments
Arena Simulation
Software
Rockwell
Automation’s Arena simulation
software provides a comprehensive suite of tools and a graphical interface for
creating models which simulate the flow of entities through a system. The types of simulations that can be
developed using software such as Arena can be essential to designing and
implementing quality and efficiency improvements in manufacturing and office
systems. Development and application of
system simulations is an essential element of system design and analysis.
Technology Forge
Arena Tutorials
Learning about
process simulation can feel like drinking water from a fire hydrant. Learning how to use simulation software at
the same time can feel like drowning in a sea of information. The Technology Forge Arena tutorials provide
a parallel path to the extensive documentation provided by Arena developers and
users that will allow new Arena users to get up and running as fast as
possible. Consider these tutorials as
water-fountains of information on process simulation, the purpose being to
provide an introduction and gradual expansion of skills in using simulation
tools and the Arena simulation software.
Each
of the tutorials linked below is augmented by an assignment designed to
re-enforce the tutorial topics, and to demonstrate how the models developed in
the tutorial can be used to solve a real-world problem using process
simulation.
Links to Tutorials
and Assignments
1.
Getting
Arena Up and Running
·
Tutorial .ppt
·
Solution
2.
Serial
vs. Parallel Processing
·
Tutorial .ppt
·
Solution
3.
Electronic
Manufacturing Process - 1
·
Tutorial .ppt
·
Solution
4.
Electronic
Manufacturing Process - 2
·
Solution
5.
Modeling
Arrival and Delay Times
·
Tutorial .ppt
·
Solution
6.
SuperMax
Call Center - 1
·
Solution
7.
SuperMax
Call Center - 2
·
Solution
8.
Kwik-E-Mart
·
Solution
9.
Chemotherapy
Unit
·
Tutorial
.zip
10.
Debugging
Models
·
Tutorial
.zip
Running the Tutorials
There
are several options for running the tutorials:
1.
Click
on the tutorial .ppt link and “Save” the .ppt to your computer. This allows you to view and print the
presentation and speaker notes, but not listen to the audio narration. The speaker notes and the audio are the same.
2.
Click
on the tutorial .ppt link and “Run” the presentation. This allows you to play the audio, but you
cannot see the speaker notes. The audio
narration only runs when you are on-line.
3.
Click
on the .zip link and “Save” to your computer. This saves .ppt tutorial document and all the
audio files to your computer. You can
view the slide show with audio, and print out the slides and speaker notes.
Tutorial Reference
The
primary reference for these tutorials is Simulation
With Arena, by Kelton, Sadowski, and Sturrock. Many of the models constructed in these
tutorials correspond to models provided in this reference, as noted in the
tutorials.
Another
reference on Arena simulation is Simulation
Modeling And Arena, by Rossetti.
Copyright 2009, Mark
Polczynski, The Technology Forge
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