A Simulation-Based Real-Time Decision-Support Tool for Manufacturing

制造业最近的趋势已被广泛确定 实现更高的自动化和灵活性。 陪同 这些变化需要改进决策工具， 特别是关于短期生产变化， 对不可预测事件和生产变化的反应 要求. 转让经过验证的设计工具，例如 然而，计算机模拟还没有发生，限制了 自动化的潜在生产力提高。 该项目将调查现有的修改 仿真技术允许实时决策， 控制生产设施。 这些新的模拟 能力将允许生产制造商，工厂经理， 以及其他必须对生产做出快速决策的人 自动评估许多性能的变化 选择，从而做出更好的决策， 生产力 预计该技术将在 用于短期评估的任何生产设施 调度选项、维护策略、人员配置方案， 使用该技术开发的产品将具有 广泛的制造业市场 从微电子到汽车。

Recent trends in manufacturing have broadly been identified to be toward greater automation and flexibility. Accompanying these changes has been a need for improved decision-making tools, especially regarding short-term production changes such as responses to unpredicted events and changes in production requirements. The transfer of proven design tools such as computer simulation, however, has not yet taken place, limiting the potential productivity improvements of automation. This project will investigate modifications of existing simulation technology to permit real-time decision-making in control of manufacturing facilities. These new simulation capabilities will permit production schedulers, factory managers, and others who must make rapid decision regarding production changes to automatically evaluate the performance of many alternatives, resulting in better decisions and greater productivity. It is expected that this technology will be applicable in any manufacturing facility for use in evaluation of short-term scheduling options, maintenance policies, staffing scenarios, etc. Products developed using this technology would have a significant market across a broad spectrum of manufacturing processes, from microelectronics to automobiles.