Graphic Simulation of a Machine-Repairman Model.

Abstract

A discrete-event simulation of a stochastic process, a machine-repairman model, has been programmed on the IBM Personal Computer. The model consists of three helicopters, of which two are in service and one is in cold standby, with an option of one or two repairmen. The program output is a graphics display containing a system state-versus-time graph, a table of statistics, and animated figures that illustrate the current state of the system. The program user can directly observe the dynamics of the model as the fixed-increment, simulation clock advances. The user has the option of changing the following model parameters: helicopter failure rate, repairman service rate, and the number of repairmen to employ. Originator supplied keywords include: Graphic simulation; Birth-death process; Machine-repairman model; and Microcomputer simulation. (Thesis).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA151761

Entities

People

  • R. E. Nelsen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Assembly Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Graphics
  • Helicopters
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Personal Computers
  • Probability
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Schools
  • Statistics
  • Stochastic Processes
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.