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Arena is a discrete event simulation software.

Arena software is used for modeling and simulation discrete event systems. It can be used in business process modeling, electronics systems design, modeling concurrent systems and is sometimes used in University level courses on concurrency and systems modeling.

It is available commercially from Rockwell Automation.

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Defining IFESLE in arena

I am using Arena simulation software. I need to define "if" in the expression section of the Process Module. I could not find any instruction to define "ifelse" function.
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Open and Run Arena with VBA Excel

I am working on a project with the aim to open and run Arena model automatically using VBA from Excel. I used the code introduced here by meat_you. However, currently I am struggling to open and run Arena. While running the code, it opens Arena only…
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How to find the specific times of entities entering a conveyor in ARENA?

I am currently having trouble trying to find the actual time of all entities entering a specific conveyor belt in ARENA simulation. In other words, I am trying to find the entity with the longest time spent in the specific conveyor OR to find the…
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Arena Simulation Start and Close in VBA

currently I am using Arena Simulation for an acadamic project. I want to start the a model of the acadamic Arena version via VBA, run the model and close it automatically. Until now the Arena model opens but is not running. The click on the run…
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Initialization Bias in Arena Simulation

I have create a simulation model within Arena and I am asked to compare its initialization bias to other models can someone help me retrieving this parameter from the output? or at least direct me to viewing the simulation chart so that i will be…
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Arena doesn't start the simulation but it's stuck on "running...."

I have created a simulation model on the Arena Simulator, and now I would like to see its results to verify its significance. However, the simulation is not starting; the screen remains stuck in 'running' mode. What could be the possible causes? The…
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Why I got "WARNING: Symbol name IF is a reserved name." in Arena Simulation?

I have decide module in the future connection i have Block A and Block B and they have capacity limit. I want to do a do a IF statment on first decide that IF any of block go to another decide module to give a chance percent %65 A %35 B. But if…
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Arena Simulation 6 different time zone for each time zone for each 6 different distribution for 1 Create module

I want to use 6 different distributions for 6 different time zones for a single Create for my project. However, when I try to add the attribute, I get an error. I look forward to your help in this matter. Demonstration of how to do it with attribute…
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How to take Data Input from excel file in Arena Rockwell Simulation Software?

Can someone explain how we can take data from an excel file in Arena simulation software? My dataset has more than 100000 entries, and I can not find how I can train my Arena software based on the data from the excel file. I have tried input…
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How to fix Arena Simulation Index Out of Range Route by Sequence Error?

I have created a simulation where there are 6 sequences. Entities are assigned a sequence and are routed to different stations by sequence. However I get this error: "Sequence index 7 not in valid range 1-6." at one of the route nodes despite only…
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Arena simulation - how to make entities leave the system after going through the same process twice?

I would like to create a simulation in Arena with a special condition. The scenarios is as follows: Entities arrive in the system, go through the process A and then arrive at a decision point where 80% of the entities leave the system and the rest…
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Can't open Arena Reports, error says Excel is not installed

I am starting to learn this software for a class and every time I try to open a report, this message shows up: Error when I finish running a simulation and try to see the results report I do have Excel installed in my computer and I can manually…
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Assigning priority based on entity total time

I am working on a manufacturing simulation where I have 5 entities C1, c2....C5 with different creation time that follow exponential distribution of 50, 45 ....80 and there are 5 different stations and at each process I want to assign the highest…
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How to match and batch entities to assemble in arena when same entities are required for different parts?

I am simulating a manufacturing model where I have entities C1, C2......C5. All of these arrive at a station where they need to assembled to form a part. Now Part A requires c1 and c3 entity where as part B requires C3 C4 C5 entity. Now how do I…
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Schedule Shift Resource in ARENA Simulation

How I consider resource schedule (with break time) in all the resources. This is the table of resource break time. enter image description here I want to know the resource schedule (break time) of four resources
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