Simulating the first operation in an assembly line
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
SSJ: SSJ: a framework for stochastic simulation in Java
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Combining heuristic procedures and simulation models for balancing a PC camera assembly line
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Single-threaded specification of process-interaction formalism in Java
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
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In this paper a process-oriented simulator for assembly lines is presented. The simulator considers mixed model lines, with stochastic task times, the possibility to have parallel stations, and to consider different scheduling sequences. The simulator is a flexible supporting tool in finding solution of the assembly line balancing problem (and the optimal sequencing problem associated to it) and can be used in those algorithms and procedures where the evaluation of a fitness function (which includes some line performances indicator, such as the throughput) has to be performed several times. Different implementations of the simulator have been tested with two different packages for discrete event simulation in Java ('JavaSimulation' and 'Stochastic Simulation in Java').