Exercises
Exercise 1.2 Customers arrive to a gas
station with two pumps. Each pump can reasonably accommodate a total of
two cars. If all the space for the cars is full, potential customers
will balk (leave without getting gas). What measures of performance will
be useful in evaluating the effectiveness of the gas station? Describe
how you would collect the inter-arrival and service times of the
customers necessary to simulate this system.
Exercise 1.3 Classify the systems as either being discrete or continuous:
Electrical Capacitor (You are interested in modeling the amount of
current in a capacitor at any time \(t\)).
On-line gaming system. (You are interested in modeling the number of
people playing Halo 4 at any time \(t\).)
An airport. (You are interested in modeling the percentage of flights
that depart late on any given day).
Exercise 1.4 Classify the systems as either being discrete or continuous:
Exercise 1.5 Classify the systems as either being discrete or continuous:
Classify the systems as either being discrete or continuous:
Elevator system (You are interested in modeling the number of people
waiting on each floor and traveling within the elevators.)
Judicial system (You are interested in modeling the number of cases
waiting for trial.)
The in-air flight path of an airplane as it moves from an origin to a
destination.
Exercise 1.6 What is model conceptualization? Give an example of something that might
be produced during model conceptualization.
Exercise 1.7 The act of implementing the model in computer code, including timing and
general procedures and the representation of the conceptual model into a
computer simulation program is called: \(\underline{\hspace{2in}}\).
Exercise 1.8 Which of the following does the problem formulation phase of simulation
not include?
- Define the system
- Establish performance metrics
- Verification
- Build conceptual models
Exercise 1.9 Fill in the blank The general goals of a simulation include the \(\underline{\hspace{2in}}\) of system alternatives and their
performance measures across various factors (decision variables) with
respect to some objectives.
Exercise 1.10 Fill in the blank The general goals of a simulation include the \(\underline{\hspace{2in}}\) of system behavior at some future point
in time.
Exercise 1.11 True or False Verification of the simulation model is performed to
determine whether the simulation model adequately represents the real
system.