Open AccessA Discrete Event Simulation of a Municipal Street Tree Maintenance Operation
Author(s) -
James M. McCabe
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.2002.019
Subject(s) - tree (set theory) , discrete event simulation , computer science , workflow , crew , service (business) , event (particle physics) , software , productivity , operations research , work (physics) , simulation software , simulation , engineering , business , database , mathematics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , physics , aeronautics , marketing , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
By using commercially available simulation software, a computer model for a typical municipal street tree maintenance operation is presented. Variables, such as the incoming work orders, crew assignments and productivity standards that represent the workflow of a service-on-demand street tree maintenance program, were included. Although additional simulated complexities are involved, the developed model provides a foundation from which managerial decision making and a typical tree care operation may be analyzed.