Simulation as a planning and scheduling tool for flexible manufacturing systems

  • Authors:
  • Gleen R. Drake;Jeffrey S. Smith;Brett A. Peters

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX;Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX;Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  • Venue:
  • WSC '95 Proceedings of the 27th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

This paper describes a flexible simulation technique which facilitates automated experimentation of different scheduling rules. An enhanced version of Arena/SIMAN is used to develop an extremely high fidelity model of the manufacturing system. The decision making of an FMS is characterized and a framework for simulation-based scheduling and control is also introduced.