Jg. Shin et Sj. Sohn, Evolutionary Simulation-Based-Design (ESBD) methodology for large computerintegrated manufacturing systems, I J COMP IN, 14(4), 2001, pp. 385-398
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Management /General
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
Large CIMSs consist of numerous physical facilities and control systems req
uiring more elaborate design procedures. For the construction of a large CI
MS, without any existing base-model or parent-model, as identified in the s
hipbuilding processes, Evolutionary Simulation-Based-Design (ESBD) methodol
ogy is suggested and detailed in this paper. The object-oriented system dev
elopment and the simulation-based-design (SBD) process are discussed and mo
dified to include the characteristics of physical and control components in
large CIMSs. ESBD defines the simulation phase, in which the simulation le
vels allow the prototype systems to evolve to the completed systems. In tha
t phase, virtualized factory facilities simulate the physical system to pro
vide substantial information for system configuration and consistency. Subs
tituted for actual physical device controllers, the virtual elements establ
ish a reliable bridge to effective design of large CIMSs.