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Simulation with Arena with CD-ROM
by W. David Kelton, Randall P. Sadowski, Deborah A. Sadowski
from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
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Disappointed 
This book doesn't provide any good examples.
The description of those models are BAD.
Author suppose that every readers are already familiar with
all the functions of arena?Author doesn't explain many modeling trickys clearly. To be frankly, I am disappointed.
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Excellent introduction to Arena requiring supplement 
I used this book in 2 grad courses on simulation (one with Dr. Kelton himself!).This is an outstanding book on the basics of the Arena simulation s/w. The explanations are detailed with screen-shots, etc. to clarify topics. The examples, specially the introductory ones, are excellent illustrations of simulation concepts in the Arena envioronment. The student version of the Arena s/w {version 5} is provided and more than sufficient for learning purposes. Also, the CD includes most of the example problems... more info
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Good book, but VERY LIMITED software.
What you get for your money: a book on version 5 of Arena and a CD with the student version of the software.
The book is a good introduction to the topic of discrete event system simulation, although if this is your only interest you'll get better value buying A. Law's book or Jerry Banks's book (also available at Amazon).
After introducing the basic concepts in simulation, the book turns into a tutorial in the use of Arena. This is basically a good thing, but you'll find that there are so stringent... more info
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Not bad, not great
The book on arena is an excellent primer on simulation, but some of the higher level arena examples are not very clear. I would recommend it to someone new in the field, or taking a class. However, this is not as good as other how-to programming books out there ...
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