General Description

This model represents an Airport Terminal. The general process flow is as follows:
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Passengers enter the airport

Passengers move to one of three check-in areas (2 self check-in and 1 full service counter)
Passengers move into security check
Bags are separated from passengers and continue through xray
Passengers go through xray area
Bags and passengers are reunited
Passengers move to one of two large waiting areas for plane departure

* This example includes an Experiment that utilizes input variables to run various configuration
scenarios.
Detailed Description
Model Properties
Within the models properties, there are 4 options that can be set, including the number of self
CheckinKiosks, CheckInClerks, IDChecks and ScannerStations. These 4 properties can be varied within
the experiment to evaluate various scenarios. Additionally, the value of these properties may change
the logic within the model itself.
Passenger Arrival
Two sources create passengers into the airport one (EarlyPassengers) that creates 20 groups of
between 1-3 to start up the system, the other (Entrance) on an arrival rate basis. Passengers move with
their bags from the entry doorway to one of three areas two self checkin areas (with up to 4 servers
each) and one full service counter (with up to 3 checkin clerks).
As the passengers enter the airport, there are three paths. The selection weight on the two of the paths
is based on the value of the properties for CheckInKiosks and CheckInClerks. The value of IDCheck passes
directly into the capacity of the IDCheck server. The ScannerStations capacity (1 or 2) will turn on/off the
path that is leading to the second scanner station. This is done through an add on process for the path
and will turn the direction to none if there is only a single scanning station to prevent passengers from
entering that path.
Security Area
Upon creation of the passenger, a bag was created and they were batched. After checkin, all passengers
move to the security area, where they are moved through one of two xray areas. Bags are separated
from the passengers and continue through their own xray process. A separator is used at the scanners to
split the passenger and his/her bag. Bags and passengers are reunited after the xray processes. Batch
steps at the end of the scanners for both parent and member are used.
Plane Departure Waiting Areas
The passengers wait in the two large waiting areas for a plane. Timer elements are used to schedule
plane events, causing the passengers to leave the waiting area once the event occurs.

In addition to the 4 visible properties discussed above, there are a number of hidden properties (Visible
property set to False) that are used to track the costing information. These are used in the calculations
for the Cost, Revenue and Profit output statistics for the simulation model.
Experiment
This example is unique in that it has a defined experiment that includes 4 controls and 3 responses. The
controls are the properties discussed above and include the capacities for the main resources within the
model. The responses include the costing information related to those resources and are calculated
based on the number of each of those resources.