Pitfalls in the simulation of manufacturing systems

  • Authors:

  • Averill M. Law;Michael G. McComas

  • Affiliations:

  • Simulation Modeling and Analysis Company, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona;Simulation Modeling and Analysis Company, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

  • Venue:
  • WSC '86 Proceedings of the 18th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1986

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Abstract

There has been a significant increase in the use of simulation to design and analyze manufacturing systems during the last few years. However, in many of these simulation studies the major emphasis has been on programming, with relatively little consideration being given to model validity and statistical issues. In this paper we discuss ten potential simulation pitfalls in the areas of model development, simulation software, modeling system randomness, and design and analysis of simulation experiments.