Automatic simulation model generation for simulation-based, real-time shop floor control
Computers in Industry
Simulation in a box: a generic reusable maintenance model
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation
Petri Net Theory and the Modeling of Systems
Petri Net Theory and the Modeling of Systems
Component based simulation modeling from neutral component libraries
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Introduction to modeling and simulation
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual
Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual
A data-driven generic simulation model for logistics-embedded assembly manufacturing lines
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Petri Nets for Systems Engineering: A Guide to Modeling, Verification, and Applications
Petri Nets for Systems Engineering: A Guide to Modeling, Verification, and Applications
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In coal mining industry, discrete-event simulation has been widely used to support decisions in material handling system (MHS) to achieve premiums on revenues. However, the conventional simulation modeling approach requires extensive expertise of simulation during the modeling phase and lacks flexibility when the MHS structure changes. In this paper, a data-driven modeling and simulation framework is developed for MHS of coal mines to automatically generate a discrete-event simulation model based on current MHS structural and operational data. To this end, a formal information model based on Unified Modeling Language (UML) is first developed to provide MHS structural information for simulation model generation, production information for simulation execution, and output requirement information for defining simulation outputs. Then, Petri net-based model generation procedures are designed and used to automatically generate a simulation model in Arena(R) based on the simulation inputs conforming to the constructed information model. The proposed framework is demonstrated for one of the largest open-pit coal mines in the USA, and it has been demonstrated that the framework can be used to effectively generate the simulation models that precisely represent MHS of coal mines, and then be used to support various decisions in coal mining such as equipment scheduling.