Simulation of FMS with application of reuse and object-oriented technology

Author

Kovacs, George L. ; Kopacsi, Sandor ; Kmecs, Ildiko

Author_Institution

Comput. & Autom. Inst., Hungarian Acad. of Sci., Budapest, Hungary

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

20-25 Apr 1997

Firstpage

1966

Abstract

Object-oriented design and the reuse of FMS components in new applications using a hybrid simulation and scheduling system are introduced. The goal of this research is to provide methods and tools to build up FMS simulation models easily, fast and reliably. This system has been implemented as a combination of a traditional simulation language (SIMAN/Cinema) and an intelligent expert environment (G2). Reuse in SIMAN/Cinema and in G2 are analyzed separately and together in general, and in the context of FMS to get acceptable solutions, to build up new simulation models based on previous, different simulation models. The design methodology used for model development is based on the object-oriented Rational Rose CASE tool and on use-case design of the OOSE methodology

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; digital simulation; expert systems; flexible manufacturing systems; object-oriented methods; production control; simulation languages; software reusability; FMS; G2; OOSE methodology; SIMAN/Cinema; hybrid simulation; hybrid simulation/scheduling system; intelligent expert environment; object-oriented Rational Rose CASE tool; object-oriented technology; traditional simulation language; use-case design; Analytical models; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Computer integrated manufacturing; Context modeling; Design methodology; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Object oriented modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3612-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1997.619145

Filename

619145