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WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Evaluating the transient behavior of queueing systems via simulation and transfer function modeling
Characterizing the transient behavior of queueing systems is a difficult problem, which has been addressed by either simplified analytical models or simulation. We seek to capture...
Jingang Liu, Feng Yang
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
Measuring manufacturing throughput using takt time analysis and simulation
This paper is motivated by a case study performed at a company that manufactures two main types of customized products. In an effort to significantly increase their throughput cap...
Jun Duanmu, Kevin Taaffe
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Discrete Rate Simulation using linear programming
Discrete Rate Simulation (DRS) is a modeling methodology that uses event based logic to simulate linear continuous processes and hybrid systems. These systems are concerned with t...
Cecile Damiron, Anthony Nastasi
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
Special purpose simulation template for workflow analysis in construction
Workflow analysis is an important component in the simulation of construction operations. It involves creating a specific number of work requests for a crew every time period, com...
Sivakumar Palaniappan, Anil Sawhney, Howard H. Bas...
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Representing layout information in the CMSD specification
Developing mechanisms for the efficient exchange of information between simulations and other manufacturing tools is a critical problem. For many areas of manufacturing, neither r...
Frank Riddick, Y. Tina Lee
WSC
2007
13 years 12 months ago
Simulation metamodels for modeling output distribution parameters
Metamodels are functions with calibrated parameters, used actions and simplifications of the simulation model. A metamodel exposes the system’s input-output relationship and ca...
Isabel R. Santos, Pedro R. Santos
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
An analytical model for conveyor based AMHS in semiconductor wafer fabs
This paper proposes an analytical model useful in the design of conveyor-based Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) to support semiconductor manufacturing. The objective is ...
Dima Nazzal, Andrew Johnson, Hector J. Carlo, Jesu...
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Monte Carlo and discrete-event simulations in C and R
The Monte Carlo and discrete-event simulation code associated with the Simulation 101 pre-conference workshop (offered at the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Winter Simulation Conferences) i...
Barry Lawson, Lawrence Mark Leemis
WSC
2008
13 years 12 months ago
Offline commissioning of a PLC-based control system using arena
In this paper, we address a generalized method of mapping a control system simulation model to the PLC emulator being tested using model variables and PLC tags under the offline c...
Jeffery S. Smith, Younchol Cho