Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10609/151803
Title: Optimization of Logistic and Manufacturing Systems through Simulation: A Colored Petri Net-Based Methodology
Author: Piera, Miquel Angel  
Narciso, Mercedes
Guasch, Antoni  
Riera Terrén, Daniel  
Citation: Piera, M. À. [Miquel Àngel], Narciso, M. [Mercedes], Guasch, A. [Antoni], & Riera, D. [Daniel] (2004). Optimization of logistic and manufacturing systems through simulation: a colored Petri net-based methodology. Simulation, 80(3), 121-129. doi: 10.1177/0037549704045045
Abstract: Simulation models have proved to be useful for examining the performance of different system configurations and/or alternative operating procedures for complex logistic or manufacturing systems. However, when applying simulation techniques to increase the performance of those systems, several limitations arise due to their inability to evaluate more than a fraction of the immense range of options available. Simulation-optimization is one of the most popular approaches to improve the use of simulation models as a tool to obtain the best (optimal or quasi-optimal) decision variable values that minimize a certain objective function. However, despite the success of several simulation-optimization packages, many technical barriers still remain. The authors describe a new approach to integrate evaluation (simulation) methods with search methods (optimization) based on not only simulation results but also information from the simulation model.
Keywords: Scheduling
Optimization
Production planning
Petri nets
Decision support tools
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0037549704045045
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Issue Date: Mar-2004
Appears in Collections:Articles cientÍfics
Articles

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
piera_simulation_optimization.pdf442,24 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open
Share:
Export:
View statistics

Items in repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.