Learning Simio Lab Series
Lab Module 05
Entity Routing
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Objectives and Outline
Lab Objectives
Continue learning basic Simio modeling Learn two different methods to route entities in Simio Link Selection Weights Dynamic routing using node lists
Lab Outline
Video 1 Using Selection Weights for probabilistic routing Video 2 Using Selection Weights for conditional routing Video 3 Using Node Lists for dynamic routing Video 4 Assignments
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Video 1 Using Selection Weights for Routing
20% Fail
Arrive
Adjust
Inspect
80% Pass
Depart
TV final adjustment and inspection process
TVs arrive at the rate of 20/hour (exponential interarrival times) Adjustment takes approximately 2 minutes (uniformly distributed between 1.75 and 2.25) Inspection takes approximately 1.75 minutes (exponentially distributed) 20% of inspected TVs are found to need re-adjustment Interested in Time In System, Number In System, Utilizations of Adjust and Inspect
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Re-entrant Flow and Effective Arrival Rate
1-p
= + =
1
4
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Selection Weights
w1 w2
wn
Link selection probability for link i : =
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=1
5
Video 2 Conditional Routing Using Selection Weights
20% Fail
Maximum of 3 adjustments for a given TV
Inspect Depart
Arrive
Adjust
80% Pass
TV final adjustment and inspection process
TVs arrive at the rate of 20/hour (exponential interarrival times) Adjustment takes approximately 2 minutes (uniformly distributed between 1.75 and 2.25) Inspection takes approximately 1.75 minutes (exponentially distributed) 20% of inspected TVs are found to need re-adjustment Interested in Time In System, Number In System, Utilizations of Adjust and Inspect
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Video 3 Dynamic Routing Using Node Lists
Approx. 10 minutes
Server1
Arrival rate: 60/hour
Arrive Server2
Approx. 5 minutes
Depart
Server3
Approx. 1 minute
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Video 4 - Assignment
Using the TV Adjust/Inspect model:
Fix the issue where the TVs are adjusted the 4th (and inspected) time even though we know that they will be rejected after inspection. Hint: Start by inserting a Basic Node in the path from the Inspect server back to the Adjust server. Create a reference property for the maximum number of adjustments allowed and develop an experiment that compares the configurations with values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 100.
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Video 4 - Assignment
Using the dynamic routing model (from the third video):
Develop an experiment with 25 replications using a run length of 500 hours with a 250 hour warmup and responses for the three server utilizations, the entity time in system (TIS) and entity number in system (NIS) Using the base model, compare the 5 performance metrics using the following routing alternatives: 1. Probabilistic routing using the selection weights 6/78, 12/78, and 60/78 2. Preferred order with capacity 5 buffers at each server 3. Using AssociatedStationOverload with no buffers (capacity 0 buffers) 4. Using AssociatedStationOverload with capacity 5 buffers 5. Using the shortest queue length with infinite capacity buffers
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