Document Outline

• Welcome
  • What is Arena software?
  • Intended audience
  • Where can I go for help?
    • Reference the user’s guides
    • Explore our examples
    • Get help
    • Use the SMARTs library
    • Access the Arena Symbol Factory
    • Get phone support
    • Get Web support
    • Get training
    • Get consulting services
    • Contact us
• Getting Started
  • Introduction
  • Our task: Analyze a home mortgage application process
  • The Arena modeling environment
  • Map your process in a flowchart
    • Create the mortgage application entities
    • Process the applications
    • Decide whether applications are complete
    • Dispose the applications to terminate the process
    • What is a module?
  • Define model data
    • Initiate mortgage application (Create module)
    • What are entities?
    • Review application (Process module)
    • Complete? (Decide module)
    • Accepted, Returned (Dispose module)
    • Mortgage review clerk (Resource module)
    • Prepare for the simulation
    • Save the simulation model
  • Simulate the process
  • View simulation reports
  • Enhance the visualization process
    • Animate the mortgage review clerk resource
    • Plot the number of applications in-process
    • What is a model thumbnail?
    • Rerun the simulation
  • Next steps
• The Basic Process Panel
  • Flowchart modules
    • Create module
    • Dispose module
    • Process module
    • Process module - Resource dialog
    • Decide module
    • Batch module
    • Separate module
    • Assign module
    • Record module
  • Data modules
    • Entity module
    • Queue module
    • Resource module
    • Variable module
    • Schedule module
    • Set module
  • Calendar schedule information
    • Time Pattern
    • Calendar Exceptions
    • Calendar States
• The Advanced Process Panel
  • Flowchart modules
    • Delay module
    • Dropoff module
    • Hold module
    • Match module
    • Pickup module
    • ReadWrite module
    • Release module
    • Remove module
    • Seize module
    • Search module
    • Signal module
    • Store module
    • Unstore module
    • Adjust Variable module
  • Data modules
    • Advanced Set module
    • Expression module
    • Failure module
    • File module
    • StateSet module
    • Statistic module
    • Storage module
• The Advanced Transfer Panel
  • General flowchart modules
    • Enter module
    • Leave module
    • PickStation module
    • PickStation module - Stations dialog
    • Route module
    • Station module
  • Conveyor flowchart modules
    • Access module
    • Convey module
    • Exit module
    • Start module
    • Stop module
  • Transporter flowchart modules
    • Activate module
    • Allocate module
    • Free module
    • Halt module
    • Move module
    • Request module
    • Transport module
  • Data modules
    • Sequence module
    • Conveyor module
    • Segment module
    • Transporter module
    • Distance module
    • Network module
    • Network Link module
    • Activity Area module
• The Flow Process Panel
  • Flowchart modules
    • Tank module
    • Sensor module
    • Flow module
    • Regulate module
    • Seize Regulator module
    • Release Regulator module
  • Data module
    • Regulator Set module
• Statistical Distributions
  • Beta(b, a) BETA(Beta, Alpha)
  • Continuous CONTINUOUS(CumP1, Val1, . . ., CumPn, Valn) (c1, x1,. . ., cn,xn)
  • Discrete DISCRETE(CumP1, Val1, . . ., CumPn, Valn) (c1, x1, . . ., cn, xn)
  • Erlang(b, k) ERLANG(ExpMean, k) or ERLA(ExpMean, k)
  • Exponential(b) EXPONENTIAL(Mean) or EXPO(Mean)
  • Gamma(b, a) GAMMA(Beta, Alpha) or GAMM(Beta, Alpha)
  • Johnson JOHNSON(Gamma, Delta, Lambda, Xi) or JOHN(Gamma, Delta, Lambda, Xi)
  • Lognormal(m, s) LOGNORMAL(LogMean, LogStd) or LOGN(LogMean, LogStd)
  • Normal(m, s) NORMAL(Mean, StdDev) or NORM(Mean, StdDev)
  • Poisson(l) POISSON(Mean) or POIS(Mean)
  • Triangular(a, m, b) TRIANGULAR(Min, Mode, Max) or TRIA(Min, Mode, Max)
  • Uniform(a, b) UNIFORM(Min, Max) or UNIF(Min, Max)
  • Weibull(b, a) WEIBULL(Beta, Alpha) or WEIB(Beta, Alpha)
• Library Shapes and Symbols
  • Arena .plb picture files
    • Arena .plb libraries
  • Arena Symbol Factory
    • The Symbol Factory application
• Using Visio and Arena
  • Introduction
  • The Visio Process Simulation add-in
    • Start a drawing
    • Place and connect shapes
    • Enter custom properties
    • Add data shapes
  • Simulate the process map in Arena
    • Check the drawing
    • Transfer the drawing to Arena
    • Simulate other Visio drawings
  • Use Visio and Arena in your organization
    • Distribute the Process Simulation add-in
    • Publish process maps on a Web page
• Index
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