Many real-world manufacturing problems are too complex to be modelled analytically. In these scenarios, simulation-based optimisation is a powerful tool to determine optimal system settings. While traditional optimisation methods have been unable to cope with the complexities of many real-world problems approached by simulation, evolutionary methods have proven to be highly useful. This paper p...

Discrete event simulation models allow engineers to understand and predict the behaviour of manufacturing systems. A standard way of taking workers into account is to model them as resources not considering any person, organisational or environmental influences. Worker behaviour differs notably between people, tasks and systems which has an impact on the individual processing times and in the e...

How could the manufacturing modeling and simulation process be improved? Today simulation analysts typically code their models from scratch and build custom data translators to import required data. Manufacturing simulations often are built as single monolithic software systems. The development of neutral, vendor-independent data formats for storing simulation models and transferring data could...

This paper addresses the innovation needs in using web-enabled and tether-free technologies to augment modeling and simulation for nextgeneration product design, manufacturing, and services. First, an introduction on fundamental needs on “5Ps (predictability, producibility, productivity, pollution prevention, and performance)” in modeling and simulation is given. In addition, perspectives in us...

Design and manufacturing technology of high pressure multistage pumps which are commonly utilized in oil and gas industries, used to be imported from foreign companies. Due to international sanctions against I. R. Iran, it started to be designed and launched domestically. Nowadays all production lines including design, manufacturing and testing of these pumps have been performed by Iranian expe...

This paper presents an overview of a neutral reference architecture and data model for integrating distributed manufacturing simulation systems with each other, with other manufacturing software applications, and with manufacturing data repositories. Other manufacturing software applications include, but are not limited to systems used to: 1) design products, 2) specify processes, 3) engineer m...

The cost of raw material of poly-bags increases and fluctuates with an unpredictable trend. Further, legal restrictions imposed on some types of polythene products adversely affects for the demand. In this context, entrepreneurs engaging in poly-bag manufacturing face major challenges. With the purview of optimizing the poly-bag manufacturing process, authors attempted to analyze, model and sim...