Enterprise simulation: a hybrid system approach

    Authors

    L. Rabelo; M. Helal; A. Jones;H. S. Min

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf.

    Keywords

    manufacturing enterprise simulation; system dynamics; thyroid; continuous-discrete simulation; SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FABRICATION; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; DISPATCHING; RULES; DYNAMICS; DESIGN; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Engineering, ; Manufacturing; Operations Research & Management Science

    Abstract

    Manufacturing enterprise decisions can be classified into four groups: business decisions, design decisions, engineering decisions, and production decisions. Numerous physical and software simulation techniques have been used to evaluate specific decisions by predicting their impact on either system performance or product performance. In this paper, we focus on the impact of production decisions, evaluated using discrete-event-simulation models, on enterprise-level performance measures. We argue that these discrete-event models alone are not enough to capture this impact. To address this problem, we propose integrating discrete-event simulation models with system dynamics models in a hybrid approach to the simulation of the entire enterprise system. This hybrid approach is conceptually consistent with current business trend toward integrated systems. We show the potentials for using this approach through an example of a semiconductor enterprise.

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

    Volume

    18

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    498

    Last Page

    508

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000232609800007

    ISSN

    0951-192X

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