PART I
STUDY CHAPTERS
1 Introduction to Simulation
2 System Dynamics
3 Simulation Basics
4 Discrete-Event Simulation
5 Getting Started
6 Data Collection and Analysis
7 Model Building
8 Model Verification and Validation
9 Simulation Output Analysis
10 Comparing Systems
12 Modeling Manufacturing Systems
13 Modeling Material Handling Systems
14 Modeling Service Systems
PART II
LABS
1 Introduction to ProModel 6.0
2 ProModel World View, Meru, and Tutorial
3 Running a ProModel Simulation
4 Building Your First Model
5 ProModels Output Module
6 Fitting Statistical Distributions to Input Data
7 Basic Modeling Concepts
8 Model Verification and Validation
9 Simulation Output Analysis
10 ComparingAIternative Systems
12 Intermediate Modeling Concepts
13 Material Handling Concepts
14 Additional Modeling Concepts
PART III
CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENTS
Case 1 Toy Airplane Manufacturing
Case 2 Mi Cazuela--Mexican Restaurant
Case 3 Jai Hind Cycles Inc. Plans New Production Facility
Case 4 The FSB Coin System
Case 5 Automated Warehousing at Athletic Shoe Company
Case 6 Concentrate Line at Florida Citrus Company
Case 7 Balancing the Production Line at Southern CaliforniaDoor Company 698
Case 8 Material Handling at California Steel Industries, Inc.
Appendix A Common Continuous and Discrete Distributions
Appendix B Critical Values for Students t Distribution and Standard Normal Distribution 724
Appendix C F Distribution for α= 0.05
Appendix D Critical Values for Chi-Square Distribution
Index