Since 1984 the author has developed simulation models that use input data from spreadsheets. These original applications used a standalone Basic program to convert Lotus 123® data into Siman Experiment Frames. While this process has evolved overtime, it did not reach a truly viable level until Arena® 3.0 introduced Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) by Microsoft®. This advanced tutorial demon...

We study the self-organized aggregation of a swarm of robots in a closed arena. We assume that the perceptual range of the robots are smaller than the size of the arena and the robots do not have information on the size of the swarm of the size of the arena. Using a probabilistic generic aggregation behavior model inspired from studies of social insects, we propose a macroscopic model for predi...

Abstract Simulation software enables to build and process FMS models to analyse different aspects of the system operation. Such models, verified in simulation experiments, are ready to be used for FMS control to calculate control decisions. The idea of using simulation software Arena to control FMS is presented in the paper. Basic characteristic of modelling and simulation in Arena is presented...