Table of Contents

1) What Is Simulation?2) Fundamental Simulation Concepts3) A Guided Tour Through Arena4) Modeling Basic Operations and Inputs5) Modeling Detailed Operations6) Statistical Analysis of Output from Terminating Simulations7) Intermediate Modeling and Steady-State Statistical Analysis8) Entity Transfer9) A Sampler of Further Modeling Issues and Techniques10) Arena Integration and Customization11) Continuous and Combined Discrete/Continuous Models12) Further Statistical Issues13) Conducting Simulation StudiesAppendix A - A Functional Specification for The Washington PostAppendix B - A Refresher on Probability and StatisticsAppendix C - Arena's Probability DistributionsAppendix D - Academic Software Installation InstructionsReferencesIndex