• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.21-29
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• 2014

In general, a simulation project requires much time and money since we should develop a model that works similarly to the system at a level consistent with the project purposes. Therefore, more active research studies are required to reduce the time needed for the modeling process. This is achievable by minimizing the possible trial and error during the model development process through the appropriate conceptual model design and the automated generation of the simulation model. This paper presents a tool automatically generating an Arena model after developing a conceptual simulation model. Because our proposed tool is based on the popular Microsoft Excel and Visio, it is expected to be practically used at many industrial sites. Finally, we showed the effectiveness of the newly suggested tool by applying it to an imaginary simulation project.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.21-31
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• 2013

There is a high demand for the diagnostic medical blood analyzer in the global medical device market. The domestic market is in infant stage, but expected to grow very fast. In this study, we attempt to provide several ways for production improvement in order to secure price competitiveness of domestic medical blood analyzer. For this purpose we identify the problems of current production process using ARENA simulation and suggest several alternatives for productivity improvement.. Five steps of TOC (Theory of Constraints) and ARENA simulation are employed to predict productivity of each alternative and to suggest further improvement.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.445-453
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• 2020

The use of tugboats for the safe berthing/unberthing of ships is the most crucial factor in the safe and efficient operation of the harbor. However, the adequate number and size of tugboats that should be held based on the characteristics of the port have not been investigated in detail, which causes disputes between involved parties. Therefore, the suitable number of tugboats and the ratio of the tugboat horsepower were determined in this study using simulation techniques, with focus on Ulsan Port. First, the ship and tugboat-operating models were designed for simulation application. Next, the input variables defined in the model design were standardized in an inputtable form using ARENA software. In addition, the arrival and division process of the ship was designed and simulated as an ARENA model. Finally, the simulation results for six scenarios showed that an effective tugboat operation could be achieved when 42 tugboats were held at Ulsan Port.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.872-875
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• 2007

Estimation of total construction period and cost in the early stage of the project is very important. Simulation is one of the method considering proper compound such as tools, materials for effective construction management and estimating and analysing affected factors to construction through making suitable process. This study is to develop the model by using Arena simulation considering limited facts like blast time in a subway tunnel construction of both sides inner city. Developed model is easily useful type by using Visual Basic program, and can obtain total construction period and cost as a result. It could be used as a decision making tool in early stage of the construction.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.129-138
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• 2013

This paper studies the improvement of a pre-processing line for waste refrigerators in a metropolitan recycling center(MRC). We performed ARENA modeling and simulation by using work analysis and time measurement on the current processing line. Combined this result with some practical experiences from workers, we generated 3 alternatives to improve the current line and evaluated them by using ARENA simulation. The final decision selected consists of changing 2-line process into 1-line and having a separate cell-line for collecting refrigerant. Currently, the result of this study was applied to MRC by improving cycle time, throughput, and space utilization compared to the previous one.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.119-128
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• 2013

We need to consider a number of technical constraints to build new warehouses. In particular, it is essential to assure that the flow of trucks is smooth and seamless even in large size warehouses. The flow of trucks in warehouses are subject to, for instance, the routes of trucks, the frequency and the time stamps of their in-and-out's. Also, the routes of trucks interfere each other. Thus, finding good flow of trucks in a warehouse is a tough task when all interferences among trucks are considered. In this paper, we find some layouts of the routes of trucks exhibiting good performance based on simulation. we use ARENA ver. 11 for simulation.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.35-45
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• 2009

Emergency medical center(EMC) is the place for patients who need medical treatment immediately due to a disease, childbirth, or all sorts of accidents. Currently, most of EMCs use temporary beds because regular EMC beds cannot afford to serve all incoming patients. However, since it decreases the quality of service(QoS) of EMC patients and their guardians and efficiency of the EMC, some improvements are highly required to diminish the usage of temporary beds. The system duration time is one of the typical QoSs. This thesis proposes the information which is critical to make a better decision for cut down the number of temporary beds without sacrificing QoS of patients. The key point is to control the duration time of medical treatments for the consultation and hospitalization process, since it is the major reason of overcrowding in EMC and the usage of temporary beds. In this paper, we proposed an Arena simulation model reflecting real world substantially. Arena is one of the most widely accepted simulation softwares in the world. Using the developed model, we can obtain the optimal EMC operation parameters through simulation experiments. Optquest, included in the Arena, is used to make the developed simulation model collaborate with an optimization model. The results showed one can determine the set of optimal operation parameters decreasing the required number of temporary beds without deteriorating EMC patient's QoS.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.1439-1445
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• 2009

This paper introduces a simulation model regarding the process analysis of a digital doorlock mixed assembly process. The objective of the simulation model is to evaluate the performance of various design aspects of process alternatives. To develop the simulation model, a time study is performed for each process. Next, by using ARENA, a simulation model is conducted based on the process analysis and the line balancing methodology. We found out several problems for mixed assembly process, and then suggest several alternatives to improve the system.

• Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.1-26
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• 2008

This study presents a new estimation of optimal amount of B/L for infantry rifles and artillery weapons which are currently using in Korean Army. To do that, we analyzed current concept of B/L and methodologies used to compute B/L before, and re-calculate optimal amount of B/L to solve some problems founded. We also applied ARENA simulation model to propose estimated values of optimal B/L. The proposed optimal B/L will certainly help to improve efficiency for wartime readiness in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.10b
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• pp.408-413
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• 2007

최근 인구와 기계문명의 발달로 예전에 비해 좀더 복잡한 응급 사고가 발생하고 있다. 현재 응급 구조 시스템은 타인에 의한 신고나 정적인 웹페이지로 수집된 정보를 통해 당시 상황에 맞춰 응급 체계를 수립하고 있다. 이는 비전문 의료인인 구급대원의 현장 판단과 의료기관으로의 부적절한 판단으로 인해 응급 환자의 적절한 치료의 가능성을 낮추는 요인이 될 수 있다. 따라서 선행연구로써 기존의 응급 의료 시스템에 멀티 에이전트 개념을 도입하여 멀티 에이전트 기반의 응급 의료 시스템(MAEMS)을 모델링하였다. 멀티 에이전트 시스템은 독립적인 성격과 자율적인 성격으로 않은 부분에 응용되어 설계되고 있다. 특히 에이전트의 독립적인 성격은 이질적인 환경에서 동일한 목적의 행위를 수행할 수 있으며, 동적으로 많은 변화가 있는 상황에서 자율적으로 판단하여 행동할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 MAEMS에 구성되어 있는 각 에이전트를 구현하며, ARENA를 통해 시뮬레이션함으로써 실제 통계자료와 비교하여 멀티 에이전트를 도입한 응급 의료 시스템의 효율성에 대해 연구한다.