
Hybrid Simulation Models of Production Networks
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published on 31. July 2001
Book
Hardback
XII, 196 pages
978-0-306-46592-5 (ISBN)
Description
Industrial production is one of the most basic human activities indispensable to the economic activity. Due to its complexity, production is not very well understood and modeled as opposed to traditional fields of inquiry such as physics. This book aims at enhancing rigorous understanding of a particular area of production, that of analysis and optimization of production lines and networks using discrete event models and simulation. To our knowledge, this is the first book treating this subject from the point of view mentioned above. We have arrived at the realization that discrete event models and simulation provide perhaps the best tools to model production lines and networks for a number of reasons. Analysis is precise but demands enormous computational resources, usually unavailable in practical situations. Brute force simulation is also precise but slow when quick decisions are to be made. Approximate analytical models are fast but often unreliable as far as accuracy is concerned. The approach of the book, on the other hand, combines speed and accuracy to an exceptional degree in most practical applications.
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Edition
2001 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 196 p.
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-46592-5 (9780306465925)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-5438-4
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Vassilis S. Kouikoglou | Yannis A. Phillis
Hybrid Simulation Models of Production Networks
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11/2010
Springer
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Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Fundamentals of Simulation Modeling.- 3. Two-Machine Systems.- 4. Production Lines.- 5. Production Networks.- 6. Optimization.- 7. Closure.- References.- Appendix A: Statistical Tables.