Hi! I'm new to Arena and I'm trying to model a process in which users arrive in groups of various sizes following some distribution (e.g. TRI(2,3,5)). How would I model this without creating unique entities for each of the group sizes? The process time is not dependent on the group size. The resource capacity is forty, so obviously a group of 5 would seize 5 units of the resource. Thanks!
Dear Emma Kuttler,
PLease chek those links there are on topic.
https://shenhaihui.github.io/teaching/mg26018/files/Arena%20Tutorial.pdf
https://web.iitd.ac.in/~nomesh/MEL770/kelton.pdf
http://www.efos.unios.hr/poslovne-simulacije/wp-content/uploads/sites/180/2013/09/Arena_Basic_Edition_User_s_Guide11.pdf
https://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/simulation_modeling_and_analysis_with_arena.pdf
https://www.manualsdir.com/manuals/580146/rockwell-automation-arena-basic-edition-users-guide.html?page=42
https://alg.manifoldapp.org/read/systems-simulation/section/fb13e603-ca98-42ca-86db-f22d83784f7c
Best regards
The entity should be the group(not a user). You have to create one entity "group". Then you assign an attribute "size of the group" = TRI(2,3,5) to the entity, and in the process, you should specify "size of the group" as the number of units to seize.
Emma Kuttler you can enter the distrubution of the group size at the "entities per arrival" input field in the create module. This way it will create so many entities at each time an arrival occurs. If you need more help regarding modeling in Arena I can help you out.
Kind regards,
https://www.simulationhelpdesk.com/downloads/arena-simulation-consulting/
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