Problem statement: The heterogeneity in the choice of simulation platforms for real time scheduling stands behind the difficulty of developing a common simulation environment. A Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for a real time scheduling domain encompassing event definition, time advancing mechanism and scheduler has yet to be developed. Approach: The study focused on the proposed and the develo...

With the availability of comprehensively integrated Airport Operational Databases, as motivated by the emergence of Collaborative Decision Making for example, new forms of automated information processing become available: Particularly, proactive Decision Support Systems can be developed based on the concepts of Artificial Intelligence. From various potential fields of application, this paper f...

In profit-oriented environments, such as warehousing, the minimization of labor costs, and thus the flexibility of labor force is an increasingly important issue. Such an operating policy requires effective capacity planning methods to determine the number of personnel and equipment per activity and scheduling procedures to define the sequence of tasks by considering their strict deadline. In t...

The application of discrete event simulation and system dynamics in the logistics and supply chain context. previously worked for a research project that introduces stakeholder participation and facilitation in discrete-event simulation modelling. Her research interests include the comparison of simulation approaches (discrete-event simulation and system dynamics), participative simulation mode...

Problem statement: The heterogeneity in the choice of simulation platforms for real time scheduling stands behind the difficulty of developing a common simulation environment. A Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for a real time scheduling domain encompassing event definition, time advancing mechanism and scheduler has yet to be developed. Approach: The study focused on the proposed and the develo...

Computerized project management in construction is traditionally based on precedence diagrams such as PERT or CPM. Resources required for the execution of activities are usually scarce and therefore provide additional constraints to the predecessor-successor relationships. The objective of this NPhard problem, which is also known as Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP), is to...

a vast number of organizational projects as well as complexity of decision making process can cause particular challenges for project management and its leadership. in order to use organization assets and opportunities efficiently, it is necessary that manager implement a comprehensive multidimensional project portfolio management system that considers economic, social and technical details of ...

recent studies have indicated that the rate of successful enterprise resource planning (erp) implementation projects is reduced and risk of implementation is increased to the same extent. accordingly, this study provides a model in support of erp implementation using system dynamics approach by behavioral simulation in the vensim software environment. this study is an applied research and due t...

This paper describes the use of a process simulator to support software project planning and management. The modeling approach here focuses on software reliability, but is just as applicable to other software quality factors, as well as to cost and schedule factors. The process simulator was developed as a part of a decision support system for assisting project managers in planning or tailoring...

A decision support system for the management of an intermodal container terminal is presented. Among the problems to be solved, there are the spatial allocation of containers on the terminal yard, the allocation of resources and the scheduling of operations in order to maximise a performance function based on some economic indicators. These problems are solved using techniques from optimisation...