Hybrid Simulation Models of Production Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-42

3. Fundamentals of Simulation Modeling

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   Pages 43-63

4. Two-Machine Systems

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   Pages 65-97

5. Production Lines

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   Pages 99-135

6. Production Networks

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   Pages 137-158

7. Optimization

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   Pages 159-186

8. Closure

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9. Back Matter

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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.

• design
• modeling
• optimization
• production
• simulation
• system

• Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

  Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis

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