Distributed simulation model for computer integrated manufacturing

Author

Fujii, Susumu ; Tsunoda, Haruhisa ; Ogita, Atsusi ; Kidani, Yasusi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Syst. Eng., Kobe Univ., Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

11-14 Dec. 1994

Firstpage

946

Lastpage

953

Abstract

We discuss the necessity of a simulation tool which can handle a large and complex manufacturing system under CIM environment, and then consider problems incurred by developing such a large system model. A distributed simulation model developed on a distributed computer system is then shown to be a promising method to cope with the problems. Lastly, a time bucket method with time warp mechanism is proposed for the synchronization of the distributed simulation and its computational features are investigated by modeling a virtual factory on six workstations connected by the ethernet.

Keywords

computer integrated manufacturing; distributed processing; local area networks; time warp simulation; computer integrated manufacturing; distributed computer system; distributed simulation model; ethernet; large complex manufacturing system; simulation tool; synchronization; time bucket method; time warp mechanism; virtual factory; workstations; Computational modeling; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Computer integrated manufacturing; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Distributed computing; Manufacturing systems; Production facilities; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1994. Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2109-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1994.717473

Filename

717473