A virtual shop modeling system for industrial fabrication shops

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• 作者：Lingguang Song ; Ping Wang and Simaan AbouRizk
• 关键词：Industrial fabrication ; Simulation ; Process planning ; Artificial neural networks
• 刊名：Simulation Modelling Practice & Theory
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：July 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：14
• 期：5
• 页码：649-662
• 全文大小：351 K

文摘

Industrial fabrication is both a production system with a high product mix and a project-based industry. The accuracy of short-term project-based planning, such as estimating and project scheduling, is extremely important for a project’s success. This paper proposes an integrated modeling system that explicitly models the product mix in order to improve the planning accuracy. Automated process planning and a processing time estimation method were implemented through the integration of simulation with such modeling methods as computer aided process planning and artificial neural networks. Two case studies are presented to demonstrate the capability of the proposed system.