IE 429

last updated: 4-5-04

Using INPUT ANALYZER of ARENA

1) Type in data, save as
filename: datafile.doc
Data separated by blank, tab, or line feed.
10

13
32
27
48
17
24

12
37
25
52
16
21

18
35
27
49
15
23

10
31
21
43
14
26

27
39
34
47
15
27

21
41
33
46
43

12
45
22
42
47

14
47
11
41
42

15
48
55
48
43

13
59
45
32
36

28
4
42
18
25

2) Save this file as text only (or plain text >> other encoding >> US-ASCII
>> OK), call it filename: datafile.txt
Will save as ASCII file in free format.
3) Select Tools >> Input Analyzer
4) Select File >> New

A new window will appear.

5) Select File >> Data File >> Use Existing

Use pull down menu of files of type , select files of type : text files (*.txt).
(in general Arena is looking for files with extension of .dst or .flt)
Select datafile.txt. A histogram will appear in top window with some info about this
histogram in the text window below it.
6) As an example select Fit >> Uniform and the result is a below:
Distribution Summary
Distribution: Uniform
Expression: UNIF(3.5, 59.5)
Square Error: 0.016273
Chi Square Test
Number of intervals = 9
Degrees of freedom = 8
Test Statistic
= 20.9
Corresponding p-value
= 0.00781
Data Summary
Number of Data Points
= 61
Min Data Value
=4
Max Data Value
= 59
Sample Mean
= 30.4

Sample Std Dev

= 13.9

Histogram Summary
Histogram Range
= 3.5 to 59.5
Number of Intervals = 56
7) You can select

Fit >> Fit All and the result is as below:

Distribution Summary
Distribution: Beta
Expression: 3.5 + 56 * BETA(1.49, 1.61)
Square Error: 0.014529
Chi Square Test
Number of intervals = 9
Degrees of freedom = 6
Test Statistic
= 11.3
Corresponding p-value
= 0.0835
Data Summary
Number of Data Points
= 61
Min Data Value
=4
Max Data Value
= 59
Sample Mean
= 30.4
Sample Std Dev
= 13.9
Histogram Summary
Histogram Range
= 3.5 to 59.5
Number of Intervals = 56

8) You can select Window >> Fit All Summary and the result will be as below:
Fit All Summary
Data File:
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Sima\CourseNonweb\ie429\Spring02\datafile.txt
Function
Sq Error
----------------------Beta
0.0145
Weibull
0.0156
Gamma
0.0156
Erlang
0.0158
Lognormal 0.0161
Uniform
0.0163
Normal
0.0163
Triangular 0.0169
Exponential 0.0213
Poisson
0.0467

9) Statistical measures for distribution fitness by Arena are:

Mean square error: smaller value is better
Goodness-of-fit hypothesis testing: Chi-square and Kolmogorov-Simrnov (KS)
P-value (0-1): larger value is better
Read page 151 of 2nd edition, page 161 of 3rd edition, or page 181 of 4th edition for
discussion on p-value a high p-value does not constitute proof of a good fit just a
lack of evidence against the fit
10) Initially, Arena drew this graph with its automatic selected parameters:

Lets change histogram and see how output will change (just a bit in this
case) . After having initial histogram, to change histogram use
Options >> Parameters >> histogram, then change number of cells. You
will get the followings:

Distribution Summary
Distribution: Beta
Expression: 3.5 + 56 * BETA(1.45, 1.58)
Square Error: 0.003729
Chi Square Test
Number of intervals = 5
Degrees of freedom = 2
Test Statistic
= 1.05
Corresponding p-value
= 0.604
Data Summary
Number of Data Points
= 61
Min Data Value
=4
Max Data Value
= 59
Sample Mean
= 30.4
Sample Std Dev
= 13.9
Histogram Summary
Histogram Range
= 3.5 to 59.5
Number of Intervals = 5

Fit All Summary

Data File:
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Sima\CourseNonweb\ie429\Spring02\datafile.txt
Function
Sq Error
---------------------Beta
0.00373
Weibull
0.0152
Normal
0.0159
Uniform
0.018
Gamma
0.02
Erlang
0.022
Lognormal 0.0294
Triangular 0.0306
Exponential 0.0632
Poisson
0.241