Simulation models provide a powerful tool for the analysis of manufacturing systems, but their utility beyond the design stage of the system life cycle is hampered by the high cos...
This paper initiates a framework for improving product development processes. The starting point is the present gap between the theory of product and process models and their actu...
Abstract: Modeling of modern production plants often requires that the system provides means to cope with frequent changes in topology and equipment and can easily be adapted to ne...
Throughout the history, the evolutions of the requirements for manufacturing equipments have depended on the changes in the customers' demands. Among the present trends in th...
Petroleum industry production systems are highly automatized. In this industry, all functions (e.g., planning, scheduling and maintenance) are automated and in order to remain comp...