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Using CSP Solvers as Alternative to Simulation Optimization Engines

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This paper describes the results in the area of modeling and simulation of the milk-run systems in assembly plants. We propose a hybrid solution in order to show how the simulation and optimization can be combined to make such systems more efficient. The paper describes the preliminary results of the research that will be developed in the future.

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Acknowledgements

The work was carried out as part of the POIR.01.01.01-00-0485/17 project, “Development of a new type of logistic trolley and methods of collision-free and deadlock-free implementation of intralogistics processes”, financed by NCBiR.

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  1. Poznan University of Technology, ul. Strzelecka 11, 60-965, Poznań, Poland

    Pawel Pawlewski

  2. Poznan University of Economics and Business, Al.Niepodleglosci 10, 61-875, Poznań, Poland

    Marcin Anholcer

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    Pawel Pawlewski

  2. Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Patrycja Hoffa-Dabrowska

  3. Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Paulina Golinska-Dawson

  4. Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Karolina Werner-Lewandowska

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Pawlewski, P., Anholcer, M. (2019). Using CSP Solvers as Alternative to Simulation Optimization Engines. In: Pawlewski, P., Hoffa-Dabrowska, P., Golinska-Dawson, P., Werner-Lewandowska, K. (eds) FlexSim in Academe: Teaching and Research. EcoProduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04519-7_10

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