Explain the different techniques of simulation output analysis.
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There are two types of simulations with respect to output analysis:
Terminating simulation:
Runs for some duration of time TETE, where E is a specified event that stops the simulation.
Starts at time 0 under well-specified initial conditions.
Ends at the stopping time TETE.
Bank example: Opens at 8:30 am (time 0) with no customers present and 8 of the 11 teller working (initial conditions), and closes at 4:30 pm (Time TETE = 480 minutes).
The simulation analyst chooses to consider it a terminating system because the object of interest is one day’s operation.
A non terminating simulation is one that executes continuously.
Non-terminating simulation:
Runs continuously, or at least over a very long period of time.
Examples: assembly lines that shut down infrequently, telephone systems, hospital emergency rooms.
Study the steady-state (long-run) properties of the system, properties that are not influenced by the initial conditions of the model.
Terminating simulation:
Runs for some duration of time TETE, where E is a specified event that stops the simulation.
Starts at time 0 under well-specified initial conditions.
Ends at the stopping time TETE.
Bank example: Opens at 8:30 am (time 0) with no customers present and 8 of the 11 teller working (initial conditions), and closes at 4:30 pm (Time TETE = 480 minutes).
The simulation analyst chooses to consider it a terminating system because the object of interest is one day’s operation.
A non terminating simulation is one that executes continuously.
Non-terminating simulation:
Runs continuously, or at least over a very long period of time.
Examples: assembly lines that shut down infrequently, telephone systems, hospital emergency rooms.
Study the steady-state (long-run) properties of the system, properties that are not influenced by the initial conditions of the model.
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