Peter P. Groumpos
Laboratory for Automation & Robotics
University of Patras, GR-265 00 Rion, Greece<
e-mail: groumpos@ee.upatras.gr
Yuri Merkuryev
Department of Modelling and Simulation
Riga Technical University, LV-1658 Riga, Latvia
e-mail: merkur@itl.rtu.lv
| Abstract | Article
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The paper considers a general structure of discrete-event simulation of manufacturing systems. It starts by specifying the approach of discrete-event, computer-based simulation, and then proceeds to discuss a structure and main steps of a simulation study, with a more detailed discussion of simulation-based optimisation of manufacturing systems. Finally, examples of successfully conducted simulation studies are given.
Keywords: Simulation methodology, discrete-event simulation, simulation-based optimisation, manufacturing systems