Simulation With Arena [Hardcover]

W. David Kelton (Author), Randall P. Sadowski (Author), Deborah A. Sadowski (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0075612593 | ISBN-13: 978-0075612599 | Publication Date: August 18, 1997

Arena is a simulation package for modelling systems in manufacturing, transportation, logistics, warehousing, and business processing. This text introduces the subject of simulation using examples from Arena, and an accompanying free CD contains the student edition of Arena.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College (August 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0075612593
• ISBN-13: 978-0075612599
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,935,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simulation (with Arena) explained, April 23, 2000

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Jaap Boon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simulation With Arena (Hardcover)

This book is a good introduction to the field of discrete event simulation and the simulation language Arena in special. The first chapter of the book about the history of simulation the generic use of it and some future use. The second chapter handles basic concepts of simulation as content of a simulation model, events and randomness. In the rest of the book the discrete event simulation language Arena is explained as a sort of tutorial, using easy to understand practical examples. Although I reckon myself as a simulation expert I still use this book regular, thanks to the appendixes in which technical stuff as probability, statistics and distributions is explained, focused on the use in Arena, but also applicable for other simulation languages.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful and practical tool for operations simulation, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Simulation With Arena (Hardcover)

Arena is a powerful, user-friendly tool that is capable of handling a wide range of problems in business. I've found it particularly applicable to problems in telecommunications. Queueing theory is nice, but it seldom applies to many of our real-world problems. Simulations do, and Arena is one of the best. The text, examples, and exercises provide an interesting and information way to jump start you to productive simulations. Don't come here for sound simulation theory, though. This is for the practical user, but not for the student of operations research.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is very accessible to the novice in simulation., April 3, 1998

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T. Togwe "thembani" (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simulation With Arena (Hardcover)

This book when compared with others on the subject of simulation, thrusts this very powerful tool into the hands of the user. It's conversational tone provides the reader a soothing and non threathing challenge.