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An arrival cycle is a pattern of individual arrivals which occurs over a certain time period. Some examples of arrival cycles that exhibit a pattern are the arrival of customers to a store and the arrival of delivery trucks to a truck dock. At the beginning of the day, arrivals may be sparse; but as the day progresses, they build up to one or more peak periods and then taper off. While the total quantity that arrives during a given cycle may vary, the pattern or distribution of arrivals for each cycle is assumed to be the same.
Arrival Cycles are defined in the Arrival Cycles edit table, accessed through the Build Menu.
1. Choose More Elements from the Build Menu.
2. Choose Arrival Cycles.