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Airport Passenger Terminal Planning and Design, Volume 2: Spreadsheet Models and User’s Guide (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Compendium of Available Simulation Models
Pages 72-73

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... within a single simulation model. • ARCport ALT, Aviation Research Corporation, Point Roberts, Washington -- a discrete event simulation model that models aircraft gate movements, passenger movements inside the terminal building, and baggage handling.
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... In addition to the preceding simulation models, the following modeling systems provide premade modules that represent passenger terminal facilities and provide tools to assemble these modules into custom simulations: • ARENA (SIMAN) Professional, Rockwell Systems, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • WITNESS, Lanner Group, Inc., Houston, Texas • Automod, Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, California Compendium of Available Simulation Models 73
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