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WSC
2008
13 years 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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