Running the Simulator

🚀 Running the Simulator

This repository contains two simulators that model the behavior of a manufacturing facility under different operating policies. The original simulator implements the current policy that the facility follows, while the alternate simulator tests the current policy against the alternative policies that I have devised based on various criteria.

The original simulator runs for a fixed time period of t = 10000 units while the alternate simulator runs for a fixed time period of t = 50000 units. Every unique operating policy is repeated 10 times to obtain statistical estimates of the system performance in both simulators.

The original simulator can be started as follows:

python simulator.py

The alternate simulator can be started as follows:

python alternate_simulator.py

🔄 Alternate Simulator

The alternate simulator makes use of the simulator to run the original operating policy followed by the four alternative policies in succession.

The difference is that the simulation time is changed to t = 50000 from t = 10000 and each operating policy is run 10 times. The results of these simulations are stored within the results folder with sub-folders separating the results of each simulation run for each policy.