Simulation modelling for a bus maintenance facility

Author

Ramadass, Manivannan ; Rosenberger, Jay ; Gonterman, Stephanie ; Subramanian, Rajesh N. ; Huff, Brian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Manuf. Syst., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

5-8 Dec. 2004

Firstpage

1222

Abstract

The Greyhound Lines Dallas maintenance facility was congested during peak operating periods. A stochastic model of this facility was developed to determine the resource requirements needed to provide adequate service during periods of peak demand. The structure of the simulation model is described. A representative sensitivity analysis is presented to discuss how this model was used to support facility sizing decisions. Based on our simulation experiments, we concluded that the existing site, with appropriate modifications, could accommodate peak traffic with some room for growth.

Keywords

maintenance engineering; mechanical engineering computing; modelling; road vehicles; sensitivity analysis; simulation; Greyhound Lines Dallas maintenance facility; bus maintenance facility; facility sizing decisions; peak operating period; peak traffic accomodation; sensitivity analysis; simulation modelling; stochastic model; Decision making; Discrete event simulation; Inspection; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Paints; Predictive models; Software maintenance; Tires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8786-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2004.1371453

Filename

1371453