ABSTRACT
The process still starts at zero at time zero, and its increments are still independent, but now the increments are non-stationary. In this chapter, the authors discussed two simulation methods for trajectories of a homogeneous Poisson process. They generalize these methods to the case of a nonhomogeneous Poisson process. The authors simulate interarrival times. In the nonhomogeneous case, the distributions of interarrival times are not independent. Reliability engineers are concerned with the ability of manufactured systems or components to function without failure. The capacity of cargo container ships and port terminals are traditionally measured in twenty-foot equivalent units, the number of 20-foot-long containers.
