Petri net based simulation of construction schedules
Proceedings of the 29th conference on Winter simulation
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Modelling with Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review - Special issue on Stochastic Petri Nets
On Processes of Object Petri Nets
On Processes of Object Petri Nets
Communications of the ACM - Adaptive complex enterprises
Simulation and optimization of robot driven production systems for peak-load reduction
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Simulation-based optimization of paint shops
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Framework and indicators for a sustainable manufacturing mapping methodology
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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Material flow analysis (MFA) becomes more and more an important instrument to support environmental protection and sustainable development. Often, a special approach, life-cycle assessment (LCA), is put on the same level with material flow analysis. Based on the industrial ecology or industrial metabolism paradigm (Fischer-Kowalski 1998, Fischer-Kowalski and Hüttler 1999), we interpret material flow analysis in a broader sense. That makes it possible to simulate, to analyze and, as a subsequent step, to optimize multi-product systems. This contribution shows how simulation and optimization can utilized in the field of material flow analysis. It can be shown that the different approaches are not alternatives. Rather, it is possible to combine them in order to provide a flexible MFA tool-chain.