This issue concerns the state of the system when the simulation starts. Because, in this simulation, flights do not
depart until approximately 7:25 A.M. to 7:50 A.M., the system is empty until approximately 7:00 A.M., the beginning
of the period of concern. Thus, the decision is to begin the simulation with the system in an empty state.
Terminating Event
This issue concerns the existence of a natural terminating event in the process. In this situation, the last departure
occurs at 9:15 A.M., and no other flights depart until the next cycle. Thus, the last departure at 9:15 represents the
natural terminating event. Should any customers be in the system at this time, they will be allowed to depart.
However, no new customers are expected after 9:15, so for simulation purposes, any customers arriving past that
time will be disposed of with a FORTRAN event routine.
Measure of Performance
A single measure of performance was selected for this simulation analysis. This measure is the total time the
customer spends in the system. Total time in the system was selected in contrast to queue waiting time because a
long total system time and not a long queue waiting time would cause a customer to miss a flight.
Number of Replications
The number of replications for each alternative simulation was based on the sequential stopping. This procedure
utilizes the equation:Replications were conducted until the desired relative precision of 0.10 was obtained.
Take home exam:
Build a ARENA model for this airport security checkpoint problem. The number of replications you should use is
defined in the “Number of Replications” section. Use the “Starting Conditions” and “Terminating Event” for the
paremeter setup in ARENA.
For the missing information that you think you should need it for building the ARENA model, you can make those
assumptions, but the assumptions should be clear and relevant to the problem.
After you build the ARENA model and run it as above setting, you will need to
1. Analyze the output result from ARENA.
2. Report the measure of performance for this problem
3. Make a report of your analysis. Also, include the result from ARENA
What you will need to do next is:
1. For a given number of security personnel, which configuration will result in the minimum average
customer service time? You should do at least three configurations so that we can find the best one out of
those