KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SIMULATION AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE HARD-DISK DRIVE INDUSTRY

Simulation modelling has gained prominence in industrial applications. However, simulation has repeatedly failed to capture the dynamics of intelligent activities in the modern industrial scenario. It is these dynamics that do not engender required levels of confidence in the sim ulation results. An integrated intensive knowledge-based simulation mo del is presented that combines elements of precise, muddy and random k nowledge to improve conventional simulation models. Performance and ef ficiency, and an object-oriented knowledge organization structure are addressed to provide significant flexibility, probability and reusabil ity of the knowledge. The simulation is validated in the hard disk dri ve assembly environment.