The goal of Chapter 5, Intermediate Modeling With Simio, is to build on
the basic Simio modeling-and-analysis concepts presented earlier so that we can
start developing and experimenting with models of more realistic systems. We’ll
start by discussing a bit more about how Simio works and its general framework.
Then we’ll build an electronics-assembly model and successively add
additional features, including modeling multiple processes, conditional branching
and merging, etc. As we develop these models, we’ll continue to introduce
and use new Simio features. We’ll also resume our investigation of how to set
up and analyze sound statistical simulation experiments, this time by considering
the common goal of comparing multiple alternative scenarios. By the end
of this chapter, you should have a good understanding of how to model and
analyze systems of intermediate complexity with Simio.